leħħ

Maltese

Root
l-ħ-ħ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛħ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛħ

Verb

leħħ (imperfect jleħħ, verbal noun leħħ)

  1. to flash, flare
  2. (perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag

Conjugation

Conjugation of leħħ (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m leħħejt leħħejt leħħ leħħejna leħħejtu leħħew
f leħħet
imperfect m nleħħ tleħħ jleħħ nleħħu tleħħu jleħħu
f tleħħ
imperative leħħ leħħu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m leħħejtx leħħejtx leħħx leħħejniex leħħejtux leħħewx
f leħħitx
imperfect m nleħħx tleħħx jleħħx nleħħux tleħħux jleħħux
f tleħħx
imperative tleħħx tleħħux

Noun

leħħ m (instance noun leħħa)

  1. verbal noun of leħħ: flashing, flaring
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.