fetaħ

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Maltese

Root
f-t-ħ
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation

Verb

fetaħ (imperfect jiftaħ or jeftaħ, past participle miftuħ, verbal noun ftuħ or (rare) ftiħ)

  1. (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)
  2. (transitive) to inaugurate
  3. (transitive) to establish, to begin
  4. (transitive) to turn, to switch on
    Synonym: xegħel
  5. (transitive) to sprain
  6. (transitive) to plough
  7. (intransitive) to cause diarrhea
  8. (intransitive) to bud
  9. (intransitive, of color) to become lighter
  10. (intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather)
  11. (intransitive, archaic outside fixed expressions) to provide
    Alla jiftaħ dirgħajh(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fetaħ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ftaħt ftaħt fetaħ ftaħna ftaħtu fetħu
f fetħet
imperfect m niftaħ tiftaħ jiftaħ niftħu tiftħu jiftħu
f tiftaħ
imperative iftaħ iftħu
    Conjugation of fetaħ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ftaħt ftaħt fetaħ ftaħna ftaħtu fetħu
f fetħet
imperfect m neftaħ teftaħ jeftaħ neftħu teftħu jeftħu
f teftaħ
imperative eftaħ eftħu