"ċefa" meaning in Maltese

See ċefa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/
Etymology: From Arabic جَفَأَ (jafaʔa) (sense 1) and جَفَا (jafā) (sense 2). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|جَفَأَ}} Arabic جَفَأَ (jafaʔa), {{langname|mt}} Maltese, {{senseno|mt|carding}} sense 1, {{langname|mt}} Maltese, {{senseno|mt|backbiting}} sense 2 Head templates: {{mt-verb|jiċfi|miċfi|vn=ċifi}} ċefa (imperfect jiċfi, past participle miċfi, verbal noun ċifi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|ċfejt|ċfejt|ċefa|ċfiet|ċfejna|ċfejtu|ċfew|niċfi|tiċfi|jiċfi|tiċfi|niċfu|tiċfu|jiċfu|iċfi|iċfu}} Forms: jiċfi [imperfect], miċfi [participle, past], ċifi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċfejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], ċfejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], ċefa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], ċfejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], ċfejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], ċfew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ċfejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], ċfejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], ċfiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], ċfejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], ċfejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], ċfew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], niċfi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tiċfi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jiċfi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], niċfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tiċfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jiċfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], niċfi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tiċfi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tiċfi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], niċfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tiċfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jiċfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], iċfi [imperative, second-person, singular], iċfu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to card (to use carding device)
    Sense id: en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:carding Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. to backbite
    Sense id: en-ċefa-mt-verb-mt:backbiting Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Inflected forms

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        "14": "jiċfu",
        "15": "iċfi",
        "16": "iċfu",
        "2": "ċfejt",
        "3": "ċefa",
        "4": "ċfiet",
        "5": "ċfejna",
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          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "to card (to use carding device)"
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        "to backbite"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċefa"
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        "3": "ċefa",
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        "to card (to use carding device)"
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      "glosses": [
        "to backbite"
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        [
          "backbite",
          "backbite"
        ]
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        "mt:backbiting"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛ.fa/"
    }
  ],
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}

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