ħila
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic حِيلة (ḥīla, “ruse, maneuver”). The phrase لَا حِيلةَ لَهُ (lā ḥīlata lahu, literally “he has no maneuver”) is used with a similar meaning as in Maltese; and compare حَيْل (ḥayl, “power”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈħiːla/
Noun
ħila f (plural ħiliet)
- a way, the ability to do something
- M’għandniex ħila ngħinuhom.
- We have no way to help them.
- a skill, a personal ability