tniffes

Maltese

Root
n-f-s
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa, “to breathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtnɪf.fɛs/

Verb

tniffes (imperfect jitniffes, verbal noun tniffis)

1. (dated) to breathe

   Synonym: ħa nifs

2. (figurative, now predominant, often negated) to move slightly, at all

   Ħadd minnhom ma jitniffes.

   None of them moves at all / lifts a finger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tniffes
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tniffist	tniffist	tniffes		tniffisna	tniffistu	tniffsu
	f			tniffset
imperfect	m	nitniffes	titniffes	jitniffes		nitniffsu	titniffsu	jitniffsu
	f			titniffes
imperative			tniffes				tniffsu