jaf

See also: jàf and jäf

Maltese
Root
għ-r-f
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْرِفُ (yaʕrifu), imperfect of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know, get to know, find out”). Doublet of uncontracted għaraf (“to recognise, become aware of, find out”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaːf/

Verb

jaf (imperfect only)

  1. to know; to be able to do sth.
    Ma nafx.
    I don't know.
    Ma kienx jaf li wasalna.
    He didn't know that we'd arrived.
    Ma nafx jekk huwa jkunx reliġjuż.
    I don't know whether [or not] he's religious.

Conjugation
  • The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense is expressed with forms of kien followed by the imperfect forms.
    Conjugation of jaf
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kont naf kont taf kien jaf konna nafu kontu tafu kienu jafu
f kienet taf
imperfect m naf taf jaf nafu tafu jafu
f taf
imperative kun af kunu afu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish żak.

Pronunciation
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Noun

jaf n (plural jafuri)

  1. robbery

Declension
Declension of jaf
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) jaf jaful (niște) jafuri jafurile
genitive/dative (unui) jaf jafului (unor) jafuri jafurilor
vocative jafule jafurilor
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