fetaħ

Maltese

Root
f-t-ħ
10 terms

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Proto-Semitic *pataḥ-

Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa)

Maltese fetaħ

fetaħ (imperfect jiftaħ or jeftaħ, past participle miftuħ, verbal noun ftuħ or (rare) ftiħ)

(transitive) to open
Antonym: għalaq
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:
  Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
  kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
  u Marzu Marzellu
  fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
  u tax-xita fir-raxx
  parpar baxx baxx.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) to inaugurate
(transitive) to establish, to begin
(transitive) to turn, to switch on
Synonym: xegħel
(transitive) to sprain
(transitive) to plough
(intransitive) to cause diarrhea
(intransitive) to bud
(intransitive, of color) to become lighter
(intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather)
(intransitive, archaic outside fixed expressions) to provide
Alla jiftaħ dirgħajh ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)