ħeles

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Maltese

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Root
ħ-l-s
14 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, to get rid). Also adopted the transitive sense of Arabic خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ħeles (imperfect jeħles, past participle meħlus, active participle ħieles, verbal noun ħlas or ħelsien)

  1. (transitive) to free or deliver (someone from)
  2. (intransitive) to get rid (of); to free oneself (from)
    Mhux faċli neħilsu mill-vizzji qodma tagħna.
    It's not easy to get rid of one's old bad habits.
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      “IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (intransitive) to deliver, give birth
    Synonyms: welled, wieled, wiled

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of ħeles
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ħlist ħlist ħeles ħlisna ħlistu ħelsu
f ħelset
imperfect m neħles teħles jeħles neħilsu teħilsu jeħilsu
f teħles
imperative eħles eħilsu