xellef

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Maltese

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Root
x-l-f
2 terms

Etymology

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Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, to throw). The football sense is a calque of English chip.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)

  1. to chip, to hew off a piece from
  2. (figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)
  3. (figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)
  4. (soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of xellef
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xellift xellift xellef xellifna xelliftu xellfu
f xellfet
imperfect m nxellef xxellef jxellef nxellfu xxellfu jxellfu
f xxellef
imperative xellef xellfu

Derived terms

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