xellef
Maltese
editRoot |
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x-l-f |
2 terms |
Etymology
editProbably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editxellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)
- to chip, to hew off a piece from
- (figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)
- (figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)
- (soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)
Conjugation
editConjugation of xellef | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | xellift | xellift | xellef | xellifna | xelliftu | xellfu | |
f | xellfet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nxellef | xxellef | jxellef | nxellfu | xxellfu | jxellfu | |
f | xxellef | |||||||
imperative | xellef | xellfu |
Derived terms
editCategories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root x-l-f
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms calqued from English
- Maltese terms derived from English
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- mt:Football (soccer)
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese sound form-II verbs
- Maltese sound verbs