bħal

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic, eventually from بِحالِ‎ (bi-ḥāli, literally “in the state of”). Compare Moroccan Arabic بحال‎ (bḥāl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pħaːl/

Preposition

bħal

  1. like; as

Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form bħal
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Common
First person bħali bħalna
Second person bħalek bħalkom
Third person bħalu bħalha bħalhom
Definite Forms
Xemxin Qamrin
bħaċ- · bħad- · bħan-
bħar- · bħas- · bħat- ·
bħax- · bħaz- · bħaż-		 bħall-

Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.