"jaf" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /jaːf/
Etymology: From Arabic يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu), imperfect of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know, get to know, find out”). Doublet of uncontracted għaraf (“to recognise, become aware of, find out”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|يَعْرِفُ}} Arabic يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu) Head templates: {{mt-verb}} jaf Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|kont naf|kont taf|kien jaf|kienet taf|konna nafu|kontu tafu|kienu jafu|naf|taf|jaf|taf|nafu|tafu|jafu|kun af|kunu afu}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kont naf [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], kont taf [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], kien jaf [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], konna nafu [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], kontu tafu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], kienu jafu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], kont naf [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], kont taf [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], kienet taf [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], konna nafu [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], kontu tafu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], kienu jafu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], naf [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], taf [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jaf [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nafu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tafu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jafu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], naf [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], taf [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], taf [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nafu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tafu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jafu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], kun af [imperative, second-person, singular], kunu afu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to know; to be able to do sth. Tags: imperfect
    Sense id: en-jaf-mt-verb-4QkOH-5d Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "kont naf",
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        "perfect",
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      "form": "konna nafu",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "kontu tafu",
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "kunu afu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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        "second-person"
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        "10": "jaf",
        "11": "taf",
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        "13": "tafu",
        "14": "jafu",
        "15": "kun af",
        "16": "kunu afu",
        "2": "kont taf",
        "3": "kien jaf",
        "4": "kienet taf",
        "5": "konna nafu",
        "6": "kontu tafu",
        "7": "kienu jafu",
        "8": "naf",
        "9": "taf"
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          "english": "I don't know.",
          "text": "Ma nafx.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He didn't know that we'd arrived.",
          "text": "Ma kienx jaf li wasalna.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know whether [or not] he's religious.",
          "text": "Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to know; to be able to do sth."
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          "know",
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        [
          "be able",
          "be able"
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
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        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/jaːf/"
    }
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "nafu",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "tafu",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naf",
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      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taf",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taf",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nafu",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kun af",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kunu afu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "kont naf",
        "10": "jaf",
        "11": "taf",
        "12": "nafu",
        "13": "tafu",
        "14": "jafu",
        "15": "kun af",
        "16": "kunu afu",
        "2": "kont taf",
        "3": "kien jaf",
        "4": "kienet taf",
        "5": "konna nafu",
        "6": "kontu tafu",
        "7": "kienu jafu",
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        "9": "taf"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Maltese verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I don't know.",
          "text": "Ma nafx.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He didn't know that we'd arrived.",
          "text": "Ma kienx jaf li wasalna.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know whether [or not] he's religious.",
          "text": "Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know; to be able to do sth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "be able",
          "be able"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jaf"
}

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