"farfar" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfar.far/
Rhymes: -arfar Etymology: From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|فَرْفَرَ}} Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jfarfar|mfarfar|vn=tfarfir}} farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir) Forms: jfarfar [imperfect], mfarfar [participle, past], tfarfir [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], farfart [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], farfart [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], farfar [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], farfarna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], farfartu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], farfru [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], farfart [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], farfart [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], farfret [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], farfarna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], farfartu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], farfru [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nfarfar [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tfarfar [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jfarfar [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nfarfru [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tfarfru [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jfarfru [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nfarfar [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tfarfar [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tfarfar [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nfarfru [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tfarfru [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jfarfru [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], farfar [imperative, second-person, singular], farfru [imperative, plural, second-person], farfartx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], farfartx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], farfarx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], farfarniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], farfartux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], farfrux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], farfartx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], farfartx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], farfritx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], farfarniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], farfartux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], farfrux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nfarfarx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tfarfarx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jfarfarx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nfarfrux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tfarfrux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jfarfrux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nfarfarx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tfarfarx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tfarfarx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nfarfrux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tfarfrux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jfarfrux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tfarfarx [imperative, second-person, singular], tfarfrux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to brush off, to swipe away
    Sense id: en-farfar-mt-verb-RJ-ZBDbs
  2. to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)
    Sense id: en-farfar-mt-verb-lfpoawCA Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 24 53 9 14
  3. to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]
    Sense id: en-farfar-mt-verb-KwyXuvdY
  4. (figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-farfar-mt-verb-2LQ9WzZP
     
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).",
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      "form": "jfarfar",
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        "imperfect"
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      "form": "mfarfar",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "nfarfar",
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        "masculine",
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      "form": "tfarfar",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "jfarfru",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nfarfar",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "jfarfru",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "farfar",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "farfru",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "farfartx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "farfartx",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "farfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "farfarniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "farfartux",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "farfrux",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "farfartx",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "farfartx",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "farfritx",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "farfarniex",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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      "form": "farfartux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "farfrux",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "tfarfarx",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "jfarfarx",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nfarfrux",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "form": "tfarfrux",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "jfarfrux",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "tfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfrux",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jfarfar",
        "2": "mfarfar",
        "vn": "tfarfir"
      },
      "expansion": "farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to brush off, to swipe away"
      ],
      "id": "en-farfar-mt-verb-RJ-ZBDbs",
      "links": [
        [
          "brush off",
          "brush off"
        ],
        [
          "swipe",
          "swipe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "24 53 9 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)"
      ],
      "id": "en-farfar-mt-verb-lfpoawCA",
      "links": [
        [
          "flap",
          "flap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to beat, to strike"
      ],
      "id": "en-farfar-mt-verb-KwyXuvdY",
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          "expansion": "[with lil ‘to someone’]",
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          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
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        [
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        [
          "strike",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shirk, to avoid a duty"
      ],
      "id": "en-farfar-mt-verb-2LQ9WzZP",
      "links": [
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          "shirk",
          "shirk"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfar.far/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-arfar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "farfar"
}

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    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
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        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jfarfru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfarniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfritx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfarniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfartux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfarx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfarfrux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jfarfar",
        "2": "mfarfar",
        "vn": "tfarfir"
      },
      "expansion": "farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar, verbal noun tfarfir)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to brush off, to swipe away"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brush off",
          "brush off"
        ],
        [
          "swipe",
          "swipe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to flap (wings, tail, etc.) (to move (something broad and loose) up and down)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flap",
          "flap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to beat, to strike"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":lil<to someone>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with lil ‘to someone’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "lil",
              "‘to",
              "someone’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to beat, to strike [with lil ‘to someone’]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shirk, to avoid a duty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shirk",
          "shirk"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to shirk, to avoid a duty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfar.far/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-arfar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "farfar"
}

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