ħaffer
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| ħ-f-r (dig) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology edit
Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)
- to dig
Conjugation edit
| 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 | ||||||