"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) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj-auto|I.ii}} Forms: jitfi [imperfect], mitfi [participle, past], tifi [noun-from-verb], weak [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], tfejtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], tfejtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], tefiex [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], tfejtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfewx [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], tfejtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], tfejtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], tfietx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], tfejniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], tfejtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], tfewx [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nitfix [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], titfix [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jitfix [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nitfux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], titfux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jitfux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nitfix [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], titfix [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], titfix [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nitfux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], titfux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jitfux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], titfix [imperative, second-person, singular], titfux [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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      "form": "tfiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfew",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfi",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "titfi",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfu",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jitfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itfi",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfejtx",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tefiex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfejniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfewx",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfejtx",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "tfejniex",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tfewx",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "nitfix",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfix",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jitfix",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfix",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfix",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfix",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jitfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfix",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tafa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jitfi",
        "2": "mitfi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tifi"
      },
      "expansion": "tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi, verbal noun tifi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "I.ii"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "xegħel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            ]
          ],
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              17,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The firefighters extinguished the fire.",
          "text": "Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.",
          "translation": "The firefighters extinguished the fire.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to extinguish (fire)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extinguish",
          "extinguish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "xegħel"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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            [
              0,
              8
            ]
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          "english": "Turn off the mobile phone.",
          "text": "Itfi l-mowbajl.",
          "translation": "Turn off the mobile phone.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn off (device)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn off",
          "turn off"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛ.fa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛ.faˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tefa’"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tefgħa (except archaically)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfa"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfaˤ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tefa"
}

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