ħadd

See also: hadd and hådd

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħat/
• Homophones: Ħadd, ħadt, ħatt

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَدّ (ḵadd, “cheek”).

Noun

ħadd m (plural ħaddejn)

1. (anatomy) cheek
   • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:

     kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
     għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
     għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
     u dalgħodu stenbaħt
     b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
     u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ħaddi		ħaddna
2nd person	ħaddek		ħaddkom
3rd person	ħaddu	ħaddha	ħaddhom

Etymology 2

Root
w-ħ-d
10 terms

From Arabic أَحَد (ʔaḥad, “one, anybody”).

Pronoun

ħadd

1. (chiefly with a negative) nobody
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (chiefly with xi) somebody; anybody
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Għafastha għax emozzjonata ħafna u għandi bżonn kbir li nħoss lil xi ħadd qrib tiegħi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Though the meaning “nobody” generally requires another negative, it is the default meaning. For example: Min jaf? – Ħadd. (“Who knows? – Nobody.”)

Derived terms

• ħaddieħor
• kulħadd
• xi ħadd

 

Related terms

• uħud
• wieħed

 

Etymology 3

From Arabic أَحَد (ʔaḥad, “Sunday, the first day of the week”).

Noun

ħadd m (plural ħdud)

1. Alternative spelling of Ħadd