tefa
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| t-f-j |
| 5 terms |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)
- to extinguish (fire)
- Antonym: xegħel
- Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.
- The firefighters extinguished the fire.
- to turn off (device)
- Antonym: xegħel
- Itfi l-mowbajl.
- Turn off the mobile phone.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of tefa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | tfejt | tfejt | tefa | tfejna | tfejtu | tfew | |
| f | tfiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nitfi | titfi | jitfi | nitfu | titfu | jitfu | |
| f | titfi | |||||||
| imperative | itfi | itfu | ||||||
Spanish edit
Noun edit
tefa f (plural tefas)
- a kind of tile