leħħ

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

• IPA^(key): /lɛħ/
• Rhymes: -ɛħ

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