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)
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.

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   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

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2. (reflexive) to feel, be (somehow)

   Kif tħossok? ― How do you feel?

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Kulmeta nintelaq inħares lejn dan l-inkwatru kont inħossni ninħakem minn paċi misterjuża u niftakarni ngħid lili nnifsi, “Ħa mmur noqgħod nilgħab fil-kamra ta’ l-imbarazz, ħalli nidħol fl-inkwatru!”

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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