tefa'

Maltese

Root
t-f-għ
9 terms

Alternative forms

tafa’

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَعَ‎ (dafaʕa, “to push, thrust”) with regular assimilation of /df/ to [tf] in inflected forms and subsequent generalisation of the unvoiced consonant.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.fa/
IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.faˤ/ (archaic)
Homophones: tefgħa (general), tefa (except archaically)

Verb

tefa’ (imperfect jitfa’, past participle mitfugħ, verbal noun tfigħ)

to throw
Synonyms: xeħet, waddab

Ħa nitfgħu l-ħwejjeġ fil-magna tal-ħasil.
We will throw the clothes in the washing machine.
to assign
Tefgħuh jaħdem il-biċċerija.
They assigned him to work at the slaughterhouse.
to post, mail
to submit
Synonym: ssottometta

Tfajtha l-applikazzjoni?
Did you submit the application?
to place, to put
Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, għamel

Itfa’ l-basket fuq il-mejda.
Put the bag on the table.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tefa’
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	tfajt	tfajt	tefa’	tfajna	tfajtu	tefgħu
perfect	f	tfajt	tfajt	tefgħet	tfajna	tfajtu	tefgħu
imperfect	m	nitfa’	titfa’	jitfa’	nitfgħu	titfgħu	jitfgħu
imperfect	f	nitfa’	titfa’	titfa’	nitfgħu	titfgħu	jitfgħu
imperative			itfa’			itfgħu

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