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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa, “to push, thrust”) with regular assimilation of /df/ to in inflected forms and subsequent generalisation of the unvoiced consonant.
Pronunciation
Verb
tefa’ (imperfect jitfa’, past participle mitfugħ, verbal noun tfigħ)
- to throw
- Synonyms: xeħet, waddab
Ħa nitfgħu l-ħwejjeġ fil-magna tal-ħasil.- We will throw the clothes in the washing machine.
- to assign
- Tefgħuh jaħdem il-biċċerija. ― They assigned him to work at the slaughterhouse.
- to post, mail
- to submit
- Synonym: ssottometta
- Tfajtha l-applikazzjoni? ― Did you submit the application?
- to place, to put
- Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, għamel
- Itfa’ l-basket fuq il-mejda. ― Put the bag on the table.
Conjugation