ħaffer

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Maltese

Root
ħ-f-r (dig)
3 terms

Etymology

Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).

Pronunciation

Verb

ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)

  1. to dig

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ħaffer
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ħaffirt ħaffirt ħaffer ħaffirna ħaffirtu ħaffru
f ħaffret
imperfect m nħaffer tħaffer jħaffer nħaffru tħaffru jħaffru
f tħaffer
imperative ħaffer ħaffru
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