ħabat

Maltese

Root
ħ-b-t
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَبَطَ (ḵabaṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħa.bat/

Verb

ħabat (imperfect jaħbat, past participle maħbut, verbal noun ħbit or ħbat)

1. to collide
2. to happen, to occur
3. to suit, to be convenient
4. to begin, to try (to do something in a tentative effort)
5. to hit, to strike
6. (in the negative) to affect [with f’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of ħabat

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ħbatt	ħbatt	ħabat		ħbatna	ħbattu	ħabtu
	f			ħabtet
imperfect	m	naħbat	taħbat	jaħbat		naħbtu	taħbtu	jaħbtu
	f			taħbat
imperative			aħbat				aħbtu