tniffes
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| n-f-s |
| 3 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa, “to breathe”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tniffes (imperfect jitniffes, verbal noun tniffis)
- (dated) to breathe
- Synonym: ħa nifs
- (figurative, now predominant, often negated) to move slightly, at all
- Ħadd minnhom ma jitniffes.
- None of them moves at all / lifts a finger.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of tniffes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | tniffist | tniffist | tniffes | tniffisna | tniffistu | tniffsu | |
| f | tniffset | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nitniffes | titniffes | jitniffes | nitniffsu | titniffsu | jitniffsu | |
| f | titniffes | |||||||
| imperative | tniffes | tniffsu | ||||||