"rufaa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-rufaa.flac [Kenya] Forms: rufaa [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic رِفَاع (rifāʕ), verbal noun of رَافَعَ (rāfaʕa). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|رِفَاع}} Arabic رِفَاع (rifāʕ), {{m|ar|رَافَعَ}} رَافَعَ (rāfaʕa), {{root|sw|ar|ر ف ع}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} rufaa, {{sw-noun|n}} rufaa (n class, plural rufaa)
  1. an appeal (law: accusation by one private person against another) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: -kata rufaa (english: to lodge an appeal)
    Sense id: en-rufaa-sw-noun-8hHwGZtt Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rufaa meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)

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