Hħ - ح خ

 

 

ħa  خا  to take, to accept, to receive - Notice Tripoli Pheonician accent خود 

ħadu l-għatx - اخدو العطش - to be thirsty 

ħa n-nifs - خا نفس - to take breath 

is-sigra ħadet - السجره اخدت - the tree took up roots 

ħabaq  حبق  basil, sweet basil 

ħabar, ħabarijiet  خبر  bad news - Egyptian (يا خبر) 

ħabat  خبط  to beat, to strike, to hit 

            ħabat wiċċ imb' wiċċ - خبط وشّ ب وشّ - to meet (face to face) 

            fejn ħabat laqat - ين خبط لقطف - in a careless way 

ħabb  حب  to love, to like 

            ħabb ir-rummien - حب الرمّان- pomegranate pip 

ħabba, ħbub  حبّه  grain 

            ma jiswiex ħabba - it is useless 

            għandu b'ħabbtejn - he does not have anything useful 

ħabbar  خبّر  to announce, to tell 

ħabbat  خبّط  to knock, to beat 

            ħabbat idejh - خبّط ايديه - to applaud 

ireid iħabbatha mieghu - يريد يخبّطها معو - he competed with him  (the commerce mentality of the phoenicians!) 

            ma rridux ħabbata wara l-bieb - ما ريدوش خبّاطة ورا الباب - I do not want to have anything to do with him 

ħabbeb  حبّب  to pacify, to reconcile 

ħabbel  حبّل  to impregnate, to embroil, to entangle, to involve 

            ħabbel mara - حبّل مرا - to expect a child 

 

 

 

hotbi agg hunchback, humpback

hotell nm (pI -ijiet) hote!

            hotob v to make a request for marriage by means of an agent; (glial tfajIa) to make brokerage

hoxni agg coarse, rough

hozoz agg shabby

            hozza nf(plhozoz) girdle; bedajarfa' -tu he started to grow stubborn;

                        ta' -tu barra, donnu lioroz shaggy looking

hrafa nf (pI -t, lirejjef) fable, tale; tab – he gave him some change lirar nm koll f -a (pI -at)

acrimony lirara nf (pI -t) ardour, eagerness, fervency, passion, zeal

hrax v to roughen

hrieb nm (pI -ijiet) war, desolation

ħrug nm (bJa pI) way out, exit

hruq nm (bla pI) fire

hruxija nf(pI -t) harshness; (qiIIa) austerity,

severity; bil- - harshly, rudely, bitterly hsad nm (bla pI) harvest, mowing

hsara nf(pI -t) damage

            hsieb nm (pI -ijiet) cogitation, thought, de­sign, intention, purpose;

                        bla .:. unexpected, unexpectedly;

                        m'gliandekx -u don't worry about him;

                        da1i1ilu fil-- he made him worry about wbat he said to him;

                        hsiebu warajha she is on his mind;

                        il-- hsieb gera bih fantasy stretched to its limits;

                        gliaddielu lisieb he thought;

                        hsiebu f'zaqqu a voracious person;

                        ghadu bil-- he is still determined;

                        ha - he took care of something

htabat ara thabat

htalat v to mingle

htar v to choose, to elect

htieg v to be necessary

htiena nf (bla pI) cognation

htija nf(pl -t) fault

hu nm (pI aliwa) brother

hubbejz nm koll f -a (pI -at) mallow liuffiefa nf (pI -t) pumice, pumice-stone liuggiega nf (pI -t, hgejjeg) bonfire;

            sar ­ walida the fire spread

hummejr nm koll f -a (pI -at) marvel of Peru liurhara nf (pI -t) death-rattle

hurrieq nm koll f -a (pI -at) nettle; - tat-tajr hen's louse

hurtan nm koll f -a (pI -at) bromegrass liusbien agg cogitative, thoughtful

hut Dm koll f -a (pI -at) fish; - ta' l-ilma lielu freshwater fish; - kaIila blue shark;

            il--a fix­xlief the guilty person was found;

            huta barra mill-ilma a person not used to the environ­ment

huttab nm (pI -a) match-maker

huttaf nm koll f -a (pI -at) swallow liuxlief nm koll f -a (pI -at) hay

hwar Dm koll f -a (pI -at) aroma, flavour, spices

hwejjeg pI ta' liaga: - tad-dinja l-olira eerie matters; - ta' l-gliageb unexplainable mat­ters;

            indaliallu fi liwejgu he stepped on his business; m'gliandux - kbar his illness is        not a serious one

hxien v to swell

hxuna nf (bla pI) bigness, bulkiness

hZiem nm (pI -ijiet) girdle, sash

hZien v to grow worse, to worsen, to deterio­ rate; (sar kattiv) to become wicked HZieza nf (pI hZiez) herpes ringworm hZunija nf (pI -t) badness