lħit

Maltese

Alternative forms
  • ilħit (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

Apparently from Arabic لِحْية‎ (liḥya, “beard”). Doublet of leħja (“beard”), which becomes leħit-, lħit- before personal suffixes. The new noun lħit thence by backformation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lˈħiːt/

Noun

lħit m

  1. (dated or rare) chin

Synonyms
  • geddum
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