jaf

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See also: jàf and jäf

Translingual

Symbol

jaf

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jara.

See also

Maltese

Root
għ-r-f
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu), imperfect of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, to know, get to know, find out). Doublet of uncontracted għaraf (to recognise, become aware of, find out).

Pronunciation

Verb

jaf (imperfect only)

  1. to know; to be able to do sth.
    Ma nafx.I don't know.
    Ma kienx jaf li wasalna.He didn't know that we'd arrived.
    Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż.I don't know whether he's religious.
    • 2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:
      kull skuża
      f’soċjetà kkankrata
      li ma tridx taf b’mara
      sakemm m’hemmx kwota
      li ma tridx taf b’mara
      sakemm ma tridx tivvota
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

  • The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense is expressed with forms of kien followed by the imperfect forms.
Conjugation of jaf
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kont naf kont taf kien jaf konna nafu kontu tafu kienu jafu
f kienet taf
imperfect m naf taf jaf nafu tafu jafu
f taf
imperative kun af kunu afu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish żak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jaf n (plural jafuri)

  1. robbery

Declension

Declension of jaf
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jaf jaful jafuri jafurile
genitive-dative jaf jafului jafuri jafurilor
vocative jafule jafurilor