ħaffer
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Maltese[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ħ-f-r (dig) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology[edit]
Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)
- to dig
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of ħaffer | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | ħaffirt | ħaffirt | ħaffer | ħaffirna | ħaffirtu | ħaffru | |
| f | ħaffret | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nħaffer | tħaffer | jħaffer | nħaffru | tħaffru | jħaffru | |
| f | tħaffer | |||||||
| imperative | ħaffer | ħaffru | ||||||