tefa'

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَعَ‎ (dafaʿa, “to push, thrust”) with regular assimilation of /df/ to [tf] in inflected forms and subsequent generalisation of the unvoiced consonant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛfa/
  • Homophone: tefgħa (except archaically)

Verb

tefa' (imperfect jitfa')

  1. to throw

Derived terms
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