"difa" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪ.fa/
Etymology: From Arabic دَفَاء (dafāʔ). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|دَفَاء}} Arabic دَفَاء (dafāʔ) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f}} difa f
  1. mild weather (especially in wintertime) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-difa-mt-noun-6XfAZT5m Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪ.fa/
Etymology: From Arabic دَفِئَ (dafiʔa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|دَفِئَ}} Arabic دَفِئَ (dafiʔa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jidfi}} difa (imperfect jidfi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|dfejt|dfejt|difa|dfiet|dfejna|dfejtu|dfew|nidfi|tidfi|jidfi|tidfi|nidfu|tidfu|jidfu|idfi|idfu}} Forms: jidfi [imperfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], dfejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], dfejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], difa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], dfejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], dfejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], dfew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], dfejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], dfejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], dfiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], dfejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], dfejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], dfew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nidfi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tidfi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jidfi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nidfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tidfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jidfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nidfi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tidfi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tidfi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nidfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tidfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jidfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], idfi [imperative, second-person, singular], idfu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to become warm or tepid
    Sense id: en-difa-mt-verb-Fji~Cn3y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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