ħabbat

Maltese

Root
ħ-b-t
6 terms

From Arabic خَبَّطَ‎ (ḵabbaṭa, “to knock”).

ħabbat (imperfect jħabbat, past participle mħabbat, verbal noun taħbit)

(transitive) to knock, to strike
(intransitive) to beat, to throb (of heart, etc.)
- 2009, Walid Nabhan, “Wiċċ Jitbandal f'Wiċċ l-Ilma”, in Lura d-Dar u Ġrajjiet Oħra li ma Ġrawx, →ISBN, page 59:
  Qalbi ħabbtet b’mod stramb.
  My heart beat in a strange way.
(transitive) to whisk
(transitive) to bother
(transitive) to shake

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