seħet

Maltese

Root
s-ħ-t
8 terms

Alternative forms

• siħet

Etymology

From Arabic سَخِطَ (saḵiṭa, “to be indignant, to resent”). Compare Tunisian Arabic سخطة (saḵṭa, “a curse”). The verb was used in Classical Arabic in phrases like اللهُ يَسْخَطُ لَكُم ذٰلِك (allāhu yasḵaṭu lakum ḏālik, literally “may God be indignant at you for that”). Accordingly, the subject must originally have been God, but it was then also used of the person who called down the curse on another.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ħɛt/

Verb

seħet (imperfect jisħet, past participle misħut, verbal noun sħit)

1. (transitive) to curse, to imprecate
2. (intransitive) to be shocked, dumbfounded
3. (transitive) to ruin
4. (intransitive) to be ruined

Conjugation

Conjugation of seħet
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sħitt	sħitt	seħet		sħitna	sħittu	seħtu
	f			seħtet
imperfect	m	nisħet	tisħet	jisħet		nisħtu	tisħtu	jisħtu
	f			tisħet
imperative			isħet				isħtu