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Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).
Verb
ħabb (imperfect jħobb, past participle maħbub)
- to love
2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to like
- Synonym: għoġob
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb)
Noun
ħabb m (collective, singulative ħabba, dual ħabbtejn, plural ħbub, paucal ħabbiet)
- (rare or dated) a grain, kernel
- Synonym: qamħa
- (historical) a coin of small value, used in Malta until 1913
- (pathology) hydatid
- (figurative) a mite; something of little value
Derived terms