ħaffer

Maltese

Root
ħ-f-r (dig)
3 terms

Etymology

Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħaf.fɛr/

Verb

ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)

1. to dig

Conjugation

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