jaf

See also: jàf and jäf

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

• IPA^(key): /jaːf/

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 [or not] 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

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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
		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 articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jaf	jaful	(niște) jafuri	jafurile
genitive/dative	(unui) jaf	jafului	(unor) jafuri	jafurilor
vocative	jafule		jafurilor