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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to get rid”). Also adopted the transitive sense of Arabic خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa).
Pronunciation
Verb
ħeles (imperfect jeħles, past participle meħlus, active participle ħieles, verbal noun ħlas or ħelsien)
- (transitive) to free or deliver (someone from)
- (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 —”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to deliver, give birth
- Synonyms: welled, wieled, wiled
Conjugation