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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic حِيلَة (ḥīla, “ruse, maneuver”). The phrase لَا حِيلةَ لَهُ (lā ḥīlata lahu, literally “he has no maneuver”) is used with a similar meaning as in Maltese; and compare حَيْل (ḥayl, “power”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħila f (plural ħiliet)
- a way, the ability to do something
- M’għandniex ħila ngħinuhom. ― We have no way to help them.
- a skill, a personal ability
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)