oħt

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔħt/

Noun

oħt f (plural aħwa or ħut, masculine ħu)

1. sister, female sibling

   oħtok ― your sister

   oħt missieru ― his father’s sister, his paternal aunt

Usage notes

• The singular of this word is typically used only in the construct state, that is with a possessive suffix or with a following noun. As distinct from the word ħu (“brother”), there may be occasional exceptions to this restriction. The plural does not have it at all, but is equally the plural of ħu and thus means “siblings”. Meanings like “a sister” are usually paraphrased, e.g. waħda mill-aħwa (literally “one of the siblings”). For “he has a sister”, one says għandu oħtu (literally “he has his sister”).

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	oħti		oħtna
2nd person	oħtok		oħtkom
3rd person	oħtu	oħtha	oħthom