"ċefa" meaning in Maltese

See ċefa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/
Etymology: From Arabic جَفَأَ (jafaʔa) (sense 1) and جَفَا (jafā) (sense 2). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|جَفَأَ}} Arabic جَفَأَ (jafaʔa), {{langname|mt}} Maltese, {{senseno|mt|carding}} sense 1, {{langname|mt}} Maltese, {{senseno|mt|backbiting}} sense 2 Head templates: {{mt-verb|jiċfi|miċfi|vn=ċifi}} ċefa (imperfect jiċfi, past participle miċfi, verbal noun ċifi) Forms: jiċfi [imperfect], miċfi [participle, past], ċifi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċfejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], ċfejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], ċefa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], ċfejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], ċfejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], ċfew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ċfejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], ċfejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], ċfiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], ċfejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], ċfejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], ċfew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], niċfi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tiċfi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jiċfi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], niċfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tiċfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jiċfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], niċfi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tiċfi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tiċfi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], niċfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tiċfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jiċfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], iċfi [imperative, second-person, singular], iċfu [imperative, plural, second-person], {{{17}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{19}}} [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{17}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{20}}} [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], {{{25}}} [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], {{{26}}} [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], {{{29}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], {{{25}}} [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], {{{27}}} [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], {{{29}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], {{{31}}} [imperative, second-person, singular], {{{32}}} [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to card (to use carding device)
    Sense id: en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:carding Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. to backbite
    Sense id: en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:backbiting Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "Arabic جَفَأَ (jafaʔa)",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "mt"
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      "expansion": "Maltese",
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      },
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      "form": "jiċfi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "miċfi",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċifi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ċfejt",
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "ċfejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "ċfew",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "ċfejt",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "ċfejna",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ċfew",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "niċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tiċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "niċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "niċfi",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "tiċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "niċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{17}}}",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "{{{19}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{21}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "{{{22}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{23}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{17}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{18}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{20}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{21}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{22}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{23}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{24}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{25}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{26}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{28}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{29}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{30}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "{{{24}}}",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "{{{25}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{27}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{28}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{29}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{30}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{31}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "{{{32}}}",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jiċfi",
        "2": "miċfi",
        "vn": "ċifi"
      },
      "expansion": "ċefa (imperfect jiċfi, past participle miċfi, verbal noun ċifi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to card (to use carding device)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:carding",
      "links": [
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:carding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to backbite"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:backbiting",
      "links": [
        [
          "backbite",
          "backbite"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:backbiting"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċefa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese final-weak form-I verbs",
    "Maltese final-weak verbs",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "jiċfi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miċfi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċifi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċefa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċfew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiċfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiċfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jiċfi",
        "2": "miċfi",
        "vn": "ċifi"
      },
      "expansion": "ċefa (imperfect jiċfi, past participle miċfi, verbal noun ċifi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to card (to use carding device)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:carding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to backbite"
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      "links": [
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          "backbite",
          "backbite"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċefa"
}

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