leħħ

Maltese
Root
l-ħ-ħ
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَلَحَّ‎ (ʾalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛħ/

Verb

leħħ (imperfect jleħħ, verbal noun leħħ)

  1. to flash, flare
  2. (perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag

Noun

leħħ m (collective, singulative leħħa, paucal leħħiet)

  1. verbal noun of leħħ: flashing, flaring
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