"leff" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /lɛf/
Etymology: From Arabic لَفَّ (laffa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|لَفَّ}} Arabic لَفَّ (laffa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jleff|milfuf}} leff (imperfect jleff, past participle milfuf) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|leffejt|leffejt|leff|leffet|leffejna|leffejtu|leffew|nleff|tleff|jleff|tleff|nleffu|tleffu|jleffu|leff|leffu}} Forms: jleff [imperfect], milfuf [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], leffejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], leffejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], leff [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], leffejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], leffejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], leffew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], leffejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], leffejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], leffet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], leffejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], leffejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], leffew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nleff [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tleff [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jleff [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nleffu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tleffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jleffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nleff [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tleff [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tleff [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nleffu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tleffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jleffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], leff [imperative, second-person, singular], leffu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (probably archaic) to wrap up, to cover Synonyms: geżwer
    Sense id: en-leff-mt-verb-0~DEXXJ4 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic لَفَّ (laffa).",
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      "form": "jleff",
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        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "milfuf",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-gemm",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffejt",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "leffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leff",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffew",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "leffejtu",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tleffu",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "14": "jleffu",
        "15": "leff",
        "16": "leffu",
        "2": "leffejt",
        "3": "leff",
        "4": "leffet",
        "5": "leffejna",
        "6": "leffejtu",
        "7": "leffew",
        "8": "nleff",
        "9": "tleff"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "mt",
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          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          ],
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        }
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        "to wrap up, to cover"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wrap up",
          "wrap up"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
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        "(probably archaic) to wrap up, to cover"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "geżwer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leff"
}
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    }
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jleffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "jleff",
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    }
  ],
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        "15": "leff",
        "16": "leffu",
        "2": "leffejt",
        "3": "leff",
        "4": "leffet",
        "5": "leffejna",
        "6": "leffejtu",
        "7": "leffew",
        "8": "nleff",
        "9": "tleff"
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Maltese 1-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese form-I verbs",
        "Maltese geminate form-I verbs",
        "Maltese geminate verbs",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Maltese terms with archaic senses",
        "Maltese verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wrap up, to cover"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrap up",
          "wrap up"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ],
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        "(probably archaic) to wrap up, to cover"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "geżwer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leff"
}

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