lħit
Maltese
editAlternative forms
edit- ilħit (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editlħit f