"refa'" meaning in Maltese

See refa' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈrɛ.fa/, /ˈrɛ.faˤ/ [archaic]
Rhymes: -ɛfa, -ɛfaˤ Etymology: From Arabic رَفَعَ (rafaʕa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|رَفَعَ}} Arabic رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jerfa'|merfugħ|vn=rfigħ|vn2=rfugħ}} refa’ (imperfect jerfa’, past participle merfugħ, verbal noun rfigħ or rfugħ) Forms: refa’ [canonical], jerfa’ [imperfect], merfugħ [participle, past], rfigħ [noun-from-verb], rfugħ [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], rfajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], rfajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], refa’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], rfajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], rfajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], refgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], rfajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], rfajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], refgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], rfajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], rfajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], refgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nerfa’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], terfa’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jerfa’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nerfgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], terfgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jerfgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nerfa’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], terfa’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], terfa’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nerfgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], terfgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jerfgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], erfa’ [imperative, second-person, singular], erfgħu [imperative, plural, second-person], {{{17}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{19}}} [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{17}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{20}}} [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], {{{25}}} [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], {{{26}}} [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], {{{29}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], {{{25}}} [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], {{{27}}} [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], {{{29}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], {{{31}}} [imperative, second-person, singular], {{{32}}} [imperative, plural, second-person], rafa’ [alternative]
  1. to lift, to raise
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-Yk4I0i4G
  2. to heave
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-v2bzi2Bi
  3. to store
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-yKZwtks3
  4. to exalt
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-DgGvDnn6
  5. to reach menopause
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-HWYMNVhM
  6. to try to hit someone [with fuq or għal]
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-fAY7s5xQ
  7. to cease doing something [with minn]
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-6EEJ3gvZ
  8. to save someone [with minn]
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-ZMPKVrDr
  9. to try to have sex [with għal ‘with’]
    Sense id: en-refa'-mt-verb-Jz-bvyhQ Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 10 10 12 10 11 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 10 10 12 10 11 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 8 8 11 8 10 8 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: għolla, tella’ 
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        "third-person"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "rafa’",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "jerfa'",
        "2": "merfugħ",
        "vn": "rfigħ",
        "vn2": "rfugħ"
      },
      "expansion": "refa’ (imperfect jerfa’, past participle merfugħ, verbal noun rfigħ or rfugħ)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "għolla"
    },
    {
      "word": "tella’"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lift, to raise"
      ],
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        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to heave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heave",
          "heave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to store"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "store",
          "store"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to exalt"
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      "links": [
        [
          "exalt",
          "exalt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reach menopause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "menopause",
          "menopause"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to try to hit someone"
      ],
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            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":fuq/:għal"
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          "expansion": "[with fuq or għal]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "fuq",
              "għal"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to try to hit someone [with fuq or għal]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cease doing something"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":minn"
          },
          "expansion": "[with minn]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "minn"
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          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
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          "cease",
          "cease"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "to cease doing something [with minn]"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to save someone"
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            "1": "mt",
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          "name": "+obj"
        }
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      "links": [
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          "save",
          "save"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "to save someone [with minn]"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to try to have sex"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":għal<with>"
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          "expansion": "[with għal ‘with’]",
          "extra_data": {
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          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
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        [
          "try",
          "try"
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        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ]
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        "to try to have sex [with għal ‘with’]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrɛ.fa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrɛ.faˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfa"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfaˤ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "refa'"
}

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