"kifes" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɪ.fɛs/
Etymology: From Arabic كَسَفَ (kasafa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|كَسَفَ}} Arabic كَسَفَ (kasafa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jikfes|mikfus|kiefes|kfis}} kifes (imperfect jikfes, past participle mikfus, active participle kiefes, verbal noun kfis) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|kfist|kfist|kifes|kifset|kfisna|kfistu|kifsu|nikfes|tikfes|jikfes|tikfes|nikfsu|tikfsu|jikfsu|ikfes|ikfsu}} Forms: jikfes [imperfect], mikfus [participle, past], kiefes [active, participle], kfis [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], kfist [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], kfist [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], kifes [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], kfisna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], kfistu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], kifsu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], kfist [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], kfist [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], kifset [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], kfisna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], kfistu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], kifsu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nikfes [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tikfes [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jikfes [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nikfsu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tikfsu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jikfsu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nikfes [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tikfes [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tikfes [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nikfsu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tikfsu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jikfsu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ikfes [imperative, second-person, singular], ikfsu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to eclipse; to be eclipsed
    Sense id: en-kifes-mt-verb-unVifRtM Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "kfis",
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        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "kfist",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "kfist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kifes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "kfisna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "kifset",
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "nikfes",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "tikfsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "14": "jikfsu",
        "15": "ikfes",
        "16": "ikfsu",
        "2": "kfist",
        "3": "kifes",
        "4": "kifset",
        "5": "kfisna",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to eclipse; to be eclipsed"
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          "eclipse",
          "eclipse"
        ],
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          "eclipsed",
          "eclipsed"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪ.fɛs/"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikfes",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nikfsu",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikfes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikfsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "Maltese sound verbs",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
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        "to eclipse; to be eclipsed"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪ.fɛs/"
    }
  ],
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}

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