ħut

See also: hut

Maltese

FWOTD – 15 March 2021

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuːt/

Etymology 1

From Arabic حُوت (ḥūt), which was reinterpreted as collective and provided with the singulative -a.

Noun

ħut m (collective, singulative ħuta, paucal ħutiet)

1. fish (several fish; fish as a mass)
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 7:18:

     U jmut il-ħut li hemm fin-Nil, u tinten in-Nil u l-Eġizzjani jiddardru jixorbu minnha.

     King James Version translation: And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

Etymology 2

Noun

ħut

1. siblings
   1. plural of ħu (“brother”)
   2. plural of oħt (“sister”)