Italian

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Verb

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offra

  1. inflection of offrire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian uffriri (conjugated offri) and/or Italian offrire, both from Latin offerre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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offra (imperfect joffri, past participle offrut or offert)

  1. to offer
    Ma nista’ noffrilek xejn għajr tazza te.All I can offer you is a cup of tea.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of offra (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m offrejt offrejt offra offrejna offrejtu offrew
f offriet
imperfect m noffri toffri joffri noffru toffru joffru
f toffri
imperative offri offru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m offrejtx offrejtx offra offrejniex offrejtux offrewx
f offrietx
imperfect m noffrix toffrix joffrix noffrux toffrux joffrux
f toffrix
imperative toffrix toffrux
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Swedish

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Verb

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offra (present offrar, preterite offrade, supine offrat, imperative offra)

  1. to sacrifice (a holy ritual)
    Till solen offrades en vit ren.
    To the sun a white reindeer was sacrificed.
  2. to sacrifice, to abstain (from an opportunity), to allow (something to go to waste), to give up – to get something else
    Hunden Kita offrade sitt liv för att rädda poliserna.
    The dog Kita gave her life to save the policemen.
    Jag har offrat sömn för att se "bara ett avsnitt till".
    I have given up sleep to see "just one more episode".
  3. to make (someone) a victim or scapegoat
    Läkarna offrades när Talin behövde en fiende.
    Physicians were blamed/punished when Talin needed an enemy.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of offra (weak)
active passive
infinitive offra offras
supine offrat offrats
imperative offra
imper. plural1 offren
present past present past
indicative offrar offrade offras offrades
ind. plural1 offra offrade offras offrades
subjunctive2 offre offrade offres offrades
present participle offrande
past participle offrad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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