leħħ

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Maltese

Root
l-ħ-ħ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm.

Pronunciation

Verb

leħħ (imperfect jleħħ, verbal noun leħħ)

  1. to flash, flare
  2. (perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag

Conjugation

    Conjugation of leħħ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m leħħejt leħħejt leħħ leħħejna leħħejtu leħħew
f leħħet
imperfect m nleħħ tleħħ jleħħ nleħħu tleħħu jleħħu
f tleħħ
imperative leħħ leħħu

Noun

leħħ m (instance noun leħħa)

  1. verbal noun of leħħ: flashing, flaring
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