ħass

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħas/

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa), أَحَسَّ (ʔaḥassa). The reflexive construction with pronominal suffixes is slightly unusual but not without precedent in Classical Arabic; compare أَظُنُّنِي (ʔaẓunnunī, “I consider myself”). In Maltese ħass, it probably mirrors the construction of Sicilian si sèntiri, from Latin sentīre.

Verb

ħass (imperfect jħoss, past participle maħsus)

1. (transitive) to feel (something)
2. (reflexive) to feel, be (somehow)

   Kif tħossok? ― How do you feel?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ħass
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ħassejt	ħassejt	ħass		ħassejna	ħassejtu	ħassew
	f			ħasset
imperfect	m	nħoss	tħoss	jħoss		nħossu	tħossu	jħossu
	f			tħoss
imperative			ħoss				ħossu

Derived terms

• ħoss

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَسّ (ḵass).

Noun

ħass m (collective, singulative ħassa, paucal ħassiet)

1. lettuce