"qafel" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʔa.fɛl/
Etymology: From Arabic قَفَلَ (qafala), أَقْفَلَ (ʔaqfala). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|قَفَلَ}} Arabic قَفَلَ (qafala) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jaqfel|maqful||qfil|vn2=qful|vn2q=obsolete}} qafel (imperfect jaqfel, past participle maqful, verbal noun qfil or (obsolete) qful) Forms: jaqfel [imperfect], maqful [participle, past], qfil [noun-from-verb], qful [noun-from-verb, obsolete], no-table-tags [table-tags], qfilt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qfilt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qafel [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qfilna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qfiltu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qaflu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qfilt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qfilt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qaflet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qfilna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qfiltu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qaflu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], naqfel [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], taqfel [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jaqfel [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], naqflu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], taqflu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jaqflu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], naqfel [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], taqfel [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], taqfel [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], naqflu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], taqflu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jaqflu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], aqfel [imperative, second-person, singular], aqflu [imperative, plural, second-person], qfiltx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qfiltx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qafilx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qfilniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qfiltux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qaflux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qfiltx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qfiltx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qaflitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qfilniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qfiltux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qaflux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], naqfilx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], taqfilx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jaqfilx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], naqflux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], taqflux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jaqflux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], naqfilx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], taqfilx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], taqfilx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], naqflux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], taqflux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jaqflux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], taqfilx [imperative, second-person, singular], taqflux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to close, shut (a door, window, or anything with a latch or lid) Synonyms: għalaq
    Sense id: en-qafel-mt-verb-DcbpnOQM Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 53 7 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 9 45
  2. to tie (a shoe, shirt, belt)
    Sense id: en-qafel-mt-verb-DghB36Ez
  3. to shut away, deter, lock in Synonyms: sakkar
    Sense id: en-qafel-mt-verb--85MqFs0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 8 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 9 45

Inflected forms

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
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      "expansion": "Arabic قَفَلَ (qafala)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic قَفَلَ (qafala), أَقْفَلَ (ʔaqfala).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jaqfel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maqful",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfil",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qful",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "qfilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "qafel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qaflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "qfilt",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "qfilna",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qaflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "naqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "taqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "taqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfel",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfel",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jaqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qafilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfilniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfiltux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "qaflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qaflitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfilniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "taqfilx",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        "imperfect",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jaqfel",
        "2": "maqful",
        "3": "",
        "4": "qfil",
        "vn2": "qful",
        "vn2q": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "qafel (imperfect jaqfel, past participle maqful, verbal noun qfil or (obsolete) qful)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 7 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 9 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close, shut (a door, window, or anything with a latch or lid)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qafel-mt-verb-DcbpnOQM",
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "latch",
          "latch"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għalaq"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tie (a shoe, shirt, belt)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qafel-mt-verb-DghB36Ez",
      "links": [
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "shirt",
          "shirt"
        ],
        [
          "belt",
          "belt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 8 51",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 9 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shut away, deter, lock in"
      ],
      "id": "en-qafel-mt-verb--85MqFs0",
      "links": [
        [
          "shut away",
          "shut away"
        ],
        [
          "deter",
          "deter"
        ],
        [
          "lock in",
          "lock in"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sakkar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.fɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qafel"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese sound form-I verbs",
    "Maltese sound verbs",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
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    "Pages with entries"
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        "perfect",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "qfilna",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "qfilt",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "qaflet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "qfilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfel",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqfel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqflu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qafilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfilniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaflitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfilniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qfiltux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqfilx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqflux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jaqfel",
        "2": "maqful",
        "3": "",
        "4": "qfil",
        "vn2": "qful",
        "vn2q": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "qafel (imperfect jaqfel, past participle maqful, verbal noun qfil or (obsolete) qful)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to close, shut (a door, window, or anything with a latch or lid)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "latch",
          "latch"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għalaq"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tie (a shoe, shirt, belt)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "shirt",
          "shirt"
        ],
        [
          "belt",
          "belt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shut away, deter, lock in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut away",
          "shut away"
        ],
        [
          "deter",
          "deter"
        ],
        [
          "lock in",
          "lock in"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sakkar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.fɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qafel"
}

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