ħass

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Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa), أَحَسَّ (ʔaḥassa). The reflexive construction with pronominal suffixes is slightly unusual but not without precedent in Classical Arabic; compare أَظُنُّنِي (ʔaẓunnunī, I consider myself). In Maltese ħass, it probably mirrors the construction of Sicilian si sèntiri, from Latin sentīre.

Verb

ħass (imperfect jħoss, past participle maħsus)

  1. (transitive) to feel (something)
    • 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.
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    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:
      Wara l-bibien,
      fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
      batejt
      il-għeja
      il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
      batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
      iżda ġarrabt ukoll
      il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
      li kull tallab iħoss
      x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
      bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.
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  2. (reflexive) to feel, be (somehow)
    Kif tħossok?How do you feel?
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Kulmeta nintelaq inħares lejn dan l-inkwatru kont inħossni ninħakem minn paċi misterjuża u niftakarni ngħid lili nnifsi, “Ħa mmur noqgħod nilgħab fil-kamra ta’ l-imbarazz, ħalli nidħol fl-inkwatru!”
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Conjugation
    Conjugation of ħass
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ħassejt ħassejt ħass ħassejna ħassejtu ħassew
f ħasset
imperfect m nħoss tħoss jħoss nħossu tħossu jħossu
f tħoss
imperative ħoss ħossu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَسّ (ḵass).

Noun

ħass m (collective, singulative ħassa, paucal ħassiet)

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