ħaffer

Maltese

Root
ħ-f-r (dig)
3 terms

Etymology

Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic ⁧حَفَرَ⁩ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic ⁧غَفَرَ⁩ (ḡafara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈħaf.fɛr/

Verb

ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)

to dig

Conjugation

Conjugation of ħaffer
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	ħaffirt	ħaffirt	ħaffer	ħaffirna	ħaffirtu	ħaffru
perfect	f	ħaffirt	ħaffirt	ħaffret	ħaffirna	ħaffirtu	ħaffru
imperfect	m	nħaffer	tħaffer	jħaffer	nħaffru	tħaffru	jħaffru
imperfect	f	nħaffer	tħaffer	tħaffer	nħaffru	tħaffru	jħaffru
imperative			ħaffer			ħaffru

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