tefa

tefa

Maltese

Root
t-f-j
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa)
Maltese tefa

    Inherited from Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.fa/
    • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.faˤ/ (archaic)
    • Homophones: tefa’, tefgħa (except archaically)
    • Rhymes: -ɛfa, -ɛfaˤ

    Verb

    tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi, verbal noun tifi)

    1. to extinguish (fire)
      Antonym: xegħel
      Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar. ― The firefighters extinguished the fire.
    2. to turn off (device)
      Antonym: xegħel
      Itfi l-mowbajl. ― Turn off the mobile phone.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of tefa (Form I)
    positive forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m tfejt tfejt tefa tfejna tfejtu tfew
    f tfiet
    imperfect m nitfi titfi jitfi nitfu titfu jitfu
    f titfi
    imperative itfi itfu

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtefa/ [ˈt̪e.fa]
    • Rhymes: -efa
    • Syllabification: te‧fa

    Noun

    tefa f (plural tefas)

    1. a kind of tile
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