"ddefenda" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /(ɪ)d.dɛˈfɛn.da/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian difendere and/or Sicilian difendiri, difenniri, both from Latin defendere. The form with de- existed as an older variant in Italian; it may also have been reinforced by Latin and/or English. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|mt|it|difendere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian difendere, {{bor+|mt|it|difendere}} Borrowed from Italian difendere, {{bor|mt|scn|difendiri}} Sicilian difendiri, {{der|mt|la|defendo|defendere}} Latin defendere Head templates: {{mt-verb|jiddefendi|difiż|pp2=defendut|pp3=ddefendut}} ddefenda (imperfect jiddefendi, past participle difiż or defendut or ddefendut) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|ddefendejt|ddefendejt|ddefenda|ddefendiet|ddefendejna|ddefendejtu|ddefendew|niddefendi|tiddefendi|jiddefendi|tiddefendi|niddefendu|tiddefendu|jiddefendu|ddefendi|ddefendu}} Forms: jiddefendi [imperfect], difiż [participle, past], defendut [participle, past], ddefendut [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ddefendejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], ddefendejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], ddefenda [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], ddefendejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], ddefendejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], ddefendew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ddefendejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], ddefendejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], ddefendiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], ddefendejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], ddefendejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], ddefendew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], niddefendi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tiddefendi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jiddefendi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], niddefendu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tiddefendu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jiddefendu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], niddefendi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tiddefendi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tiddefendi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], niddefendu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tiddefendu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jiddefendu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ddefendi [imperative, second-person, singular], ddefendu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to defend Synonyms: iddefenda [also], ddifenda (alt: rarer byform) Related terms: difiża
    Sense id: en-ddefenda-mt-verb-uMjh1IcH Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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