FromArabicأَخَذَ(ʔaḵaḏa). Disregarding the different vowel colour (triggered by theħ-), the vocalic development was exactly the same as inkiel(“to eat”), which see. The paradigm was further complicated by an unusual loss of-d in all word-final positions (except for the participle); this is also found in some Maghrebi dialects, compareTunisian Arabicناخو(nāḵu,“I take”).

• IPA^(key): /ħaː/
• Rhymes:-aː

ħa (imperfectjieħu,past participlemeħud,verbal nounteħid)

1. totake, toreceive

   ħa nifs ―he took a breath

   ħa riħ ―he got a cold

2. toexperience, tofeel

   Biex xita li kien hemmħa tixriba qawwija.

   With the amount of rain fallinghe experienced a great drenching.

3. todeceive
4. tooccupy,take up
5. tolead [withgħal]
6. tomarry[withb’andmart]
7. totreat[withdirect objectandbħal‘as someone’]

   Ħadni bħal wieħed iblah. ―He treated me as if I were a fool.

8. towound

   Ħa riġlu lbieraħ. ―He wounded his foot yesterday.

9. toundertakeresponsibilities[withfuq]
10. tofeel theeffects[withġoorf’‘of’]
11. totake after[withminn]

    Ħadet minn ommha. ―She took after her mother.

12. to beoffended[withgħal]

    Ħadet għalija b’li għedt. ―She was offended by what you said.

13. to betake personally[withb’andkbira]

    Toħodhiex bi kbira din li se ngħidlek ―Don'ttake personally what I'm about to say.

14. toquarrel[with-ha‘dummy object’andma’‘with someone’]

    Ħadha miegħi. ―He quarreled with me.

15. toassert one's self[withta’]

    Ħa tiegħu. ―He asserted himself.

16. toshake hands[withb’andid]

    Malli raħ ħadlu b’idejh. ―Once he saw him heshook his hand.

• Maltese terms belonging to the root '-ħ-d
• Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
• Maltese terms derived from Arabic
• Maltese 1-syllable words
• Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
• Rhymes:Maltese/aː
• Rhymes:Maltese/aː/1 syllable
• Maltese lemmas
• Maltese verbs
• Maltese terms with collocations
• Maltese terms with usage examples
• Maltese form-I verbs
• Maltese irregular verbs

• Pages with entries
• Pages with 1 entry