ħeles

From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to get rid”). Also adopted the transitive sense of Arabic خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈħɛ.lɛs/

ħeles (imperfect jeħles, past participle meħlus, active participle ħieles, verbal noun ħlas or ħelsien)

1. (transitive) to free or deliver (someone from)
2. (intransitive) to get rid (of); to free oneself (from)

   Mhux faċli neħilsu mill-vizzji qodma tagħna.

   It's not easy to get rid of one's old bad habits.

   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”

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3. (intransitive) to deliver, give birth

   Synonyms: welled, wieled, wiled