-hom
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic هُم (hum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/ (generally)
- IPA(key): /ħɔm/ (after -h, -ħ, -għ)
- IPA(key): /jɔm/ (after -i, -ie, -j)
- IPA(key): /wɔm/ (after -u, -w)
Suffix
-hom
- 3rd-person plural pronominal suffix: their; them
- sħab (“friends”) + -hom → sħabhom (“their friends”)
- taħt (“under”) + -hom → taħthom (“under them”)
- jisma' (“he hears”) + -hom → jismagħhom (“he hears them”)
Synonyms
- tagħhom (only in possessive use)