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Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Arabic أَخُو (ʔaḵū), construct form of أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”).
Noun
ħu m (plural aħwa or ħut, feminine oħt)
- brother, male sibling
- ħuk ― your brother
- ħu ommha ― her mother’s brother, her maternal uncle
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- The singular of this word is used exclusively in the construct state, that is with a possessive suffix or with a following noun. The plural does not have this restriction, but it is equally the plural of oħt (“sister”) and thus means “siblings”. Meanings like “a brother” can only be paraphrased, e.g. wieħed mill-aħwa (literally “one of the siblings”). For “she has a brother”, one says għandha ħuha (literally “she has her brother”).
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the lemma.
Verb
ħu
- imperative singular of ħa