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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).
Pronunciation
Verb
fetaħ (imperfect jiftaħ or jeftaħ, past participle miftuħ, verbal noun ftuħ or (rare) ftiħ)
- (transitive) to open
- Antonym: għalaq
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
u Marzu Marzellu
fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
u tax-xita fir-raxx
parpar baxx baxx.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to inaugurate
- (transitive) to establish, to begin
- (transitive) to turn, to switch on
- Synonym: xegħel
- (transitive) to sprain
- (transitive) to plough
- (intransitive) to cause diarrhea
- (intransitive) to bud
- (intransitive, of color) to become lighter
- (intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather)
- (intransitive, archaic outside fixed expressions) to provide
- Alla jiftaħ dirgħajh ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation