seħet

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَخِطَ‎ (saḵiṭa, “to be indignant, to resent”). Compare Tunisian Arabic سخطة‎ (saḵṭa, “a curse”). The verb was used in Classical Arabic in phrases like اللهُ يَسْخَطُ لَكُم ذٰلِك‎ (allāhu yasḵaṭu lakum ḏālik, literally “may God be indignant at you for that”). Accordingly, the subject must originally have been God, but it was then also used of the person who called down the curse on another.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛħɛt/

Verb

seħet (imperfect jisħet, past participle misħut)

to curse; to imprecate

Conjugation

conjugation of seħet

	singular				plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)	aħna	intom	huma
perfect	sħitt	sħitt	seħet	seħtet	sħitna	sħittu	seħtu

imperfect	nisħet	tisħet	jisħet	tisħet	nisħtu	tisħtu	jisħtu

imperative		isħet				isħtu

Derived terms

saħta