lħit
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Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ilħit (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
lħit f