ħaffer

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Maltese

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Root
ħ-f-r (dig)
3 terms

Etymology

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Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (to forgive), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)

  1. to dig

Conjugation

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    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