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Maltese
- ilħit (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology
From the construct form of Arabic لِحْيَة (liḥya, “beard”). Doublet of leħja (“beard”), which becomes leħit-, lħit- before personal suffixes. The new noun lħit thence by backformation.
Pronunciation
Noun
lħit f
- (rare or dated) chin
- Synonym: geddum