"tefa" meaning in Maltese

See tefa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛ.fa/, /ˈtɛ.faˤ/ [archaic]
Rhymes: -ɛfa, -ɛfaˤ Etymology: Inherited from Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa). Etymology templates: {{ety|mt|:inh|ar:أَطْفَأَ|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Maltese", "term" : "tefa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mt" }" data-lang="mt" data-title="tefa"> Inherited from Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa). Head templates: {{mt-verb|jitfi|mitfi||tifi}} tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi, verbal noun tifi) Forms: jitfi [imperfect], mitfi [participle, past], tifi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], tfejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], tfejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], tefa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], tfejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], tfejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], tfejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], tfiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], tfejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nitfi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], titfi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jitfi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nitfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], titfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jitfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nitfi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], titfi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], titfi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nitfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], titfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jitfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], itfi [imperative, second-person, singular], itfu [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], tafa [alternative]
  1. to extinguish (fire)
    Sense id: en-tefa-mt-verb-3UhMn1WK
  2. to turn off (device)
    Sense id: en-tefa-mt-verb-udp46Kk3 Categories (other): Maltese entries referencing missing etymons, Maltese entries with etymology texts, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Maltese entries referencing missing etymons: 31 69 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with etymology texts: 31 69 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Maltese entries with etymon Disambiguation of Maltese entries with etymon: 0 0

Alternative forms

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