xeħet

Maltese

Root
x-ħ-t
6 terms

Etymology

Probably from or related with Arabic أَشْحَطَ (ʔašḥaṭa, “to remove, to put or send away”). Similar senses are found in Egyptian Arabic شحط (šaḥaṭ, “to put/throw dough in the oven”), North Levantine Arabic حشط (ḥašaṭ, “to throw”), Moroccan Arabic (Tangier) شعط (šʕaṭ, “to smash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ħɛt/

Verb

xeħet (imperfect jixħet, past participle mixħut, verbal noun xħit)

1. to throw

   Synonyms: tefa’, waddab

2. to vomit
3. (figurative) to cast, to take (a glance etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of xeħet
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xħitt	xħitt	xeħet		xħitna	xħittu	xeħtu
	f			xeħtet
imperfect	m	nixħet	tixħet	jixħet		nixħtu	tixħtu	jixħtu
	f			tixħet
imperative			ixħet				ixħtu