xita

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See also: xi̱taꞌ

Maltese

Root
x-t-w
4 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪ.ta/

Etymology 1

Ix-xita

From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).

Noun

xita f

rain
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 7:12:
  U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.
  New International Version translation: And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:
  Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
  daret kollha daħkana;
  għalihom ferħ biss kellha
  u daqq u żfin u għana,
  xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
  f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:
  Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
  kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
  u Marzu Marzellu
  fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
  u tax-xita fir-raxx
  parpar baxx baxx.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Verb

xita (imperfect jixti, past participle mixti)

to rain

Conjugation

Conjugation of xita
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	xtejt	xtejt	xita		xtejna	xtejtu	xtew
perfect	f	xtejt	xtejt	xtiet		xtejna	xtejtu	xtew
imperfect	m	nixti	tixti	jixti		nixtu	tixtu	jixtu
imperfect	f	nixti	tixti	tixti		nixtu	tixtu	jixtu
imperative			ixti				ixtu

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