"taffa" meaning in Maltese

See taffa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtaf.fa/
Etymology: From Arabic طَفَّأَ (ṭaffaʔa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|طَفَّأَ}} Arabic طَفَّأَ (ṭaffaʔa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jtaffi|mtaffi|pp2=mtoffi|vn=titfija|vn2=tafja}} taffa (imperfect jtaffi, past participle mtaffi or mtoffi, verbal noun titfija or tafja) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|taffejt|taffejt|taffa|taffiet|taffejna|taffejtu|taffew|ntaffi|ttaffi|jtaffi|ttaffi|ntaffu|ttaffu|jtaffu|taffi|taffu}} Forms: jtaffi [imperfect], mtaffi [participle, past], mtoffi [participle, past], titfija [noun-from-verb], tafja [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], taffejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], taffejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], taffa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], taffejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], taffejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], taffew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], taffejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], taffejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], taffiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], taffejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], taffejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], taffew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ntaffi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ttaffi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jtaffi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], ntaffu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ttaffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jtaffu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], ntaffi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ttaffi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], ttaffi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], ntaffu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ttaffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jtaffu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], taffi [imperative, second-person, singular], taffu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to relieve, mitigate
    Sense id: en-taffa-mt-verb-vujxpESR Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "طَفَّأَ"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "jtaffi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtaffi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtoffi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfija",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafja",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/II-weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jtaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jtaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jtaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "jtaffi",
        "2": "mtaffi",
        "pp2": "mtoffi",
        "vn": "titfija",
        "vn2": "tafja"
      },
      "expansion": "taffa (imperfect jtaffi, past participle mtaffi or mtoffi, verbal noun titfija or tafja)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "taffejt",
        "10": "jtaffi",
        "11": "ttaffi",
        "12": "ntaffu",
        "13": "ttaffu",
        "14": "jtaffu",
        "15": "taffi",
        "16": "taffu",
        "2": "taffejt",
        "3": "taffa",
        "4": "taffiet",
        "5": "taffejna",
        "6": "taffejtu",
        "7": "taffew",
        "8": "ntaffi",
        "9": "ttaffi"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to relieve, mitigate"
      ],
      "id": "en-taffa-mt-verb-vujxpESR",
      "links": [
        [
          "relieve",
          "relieve"
        ],
        [
          "mitigate",
          "mitigate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtaf.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taffa"
}

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "طَفَّأَ"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic طَفَّأَ (ṭaffaʔa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jtaffi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtaffi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtoffi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfija",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafja",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mt-conj/II-weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "taffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jtaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jtaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ntaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ttaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jtaffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taffu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jtaffi",
        "2": "mtaffi",
        "pp2": "mtoffi",
        "vn": "titfija",
        "vn2": "tafja"
      },
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      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "taffejt",
        "10": "jtaffi",
        "11": "ttaffi",
        "12": "ntaffu",
        "13": "ttaffu",
        "14": "jtaffu",
        "15": "taffi",
        "16": "taffu",
        "2": "taffejt",
        "3": "taffa",
        "4": "taffiet",
        "5": "taffejna",
        "6": "taffejtu",
        "7": "taffew",
        "8": "ntaffi",
        "9": "ttaffi"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese final-weak form-II verbs",
        "Maltese final-weak verbs",
        "Maltese form-II verbs",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to relieve, mitigate"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "relieve",
          "relieve"
        ],
        [
          "mitigate",
          "mitigate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtaf.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taffa"
}

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