tefa

Maltese

Root
t-f-j
5 terms

Alternative forms

• tafa

Etymology

From Arabic أَطْفَأَ (ʔaṭfaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.fa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.faˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophones: tefa’, tefgħa (except archaically)

Verb

tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

1. to extinguish (fire)

   Antonym: xegħel

   Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar. ― The firefighters extinguished the fire.

2. to turn off (device)

   Antonym: xegħel

   Itfi l-mowbajl. ― Turn off the mobile phone.

Conjugation

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtefa/ [ˈt̪e.fa]
• Rhymes: -efa
• Syllabification: te‧fa

Noun

tefa f (plural tefas)

1. a kind of tile