refa'

Maltese

Root
r-f-għ
2 terms

Alternative forms

• rafa’

Etymology

From Arabic رَفَعَ (rafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.fa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.faˤ/ (archaic)

Verb

refa’ (imperfect jerfa’, past participle merfugħ, verbal noun rfigħ or rfugħ)

1. to lift, to raise
2. to heave
3. to store
4. to exalt
5. to reach menopause
6. to try to hit someone [with fuq or għal]
7. to cease doing something [with minn]
8. to save someone [with minn]
9. to try to have sex [with għal ‘with’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of refa’
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rfajt	rfajt	refa’		rfajna	rfajtu	refgħu
	f			refgħet
imperfect	m	nerfa’	terfa’	jerfa’		nerfgħu	terfgħu	jerfgħu
	f			terfa’
imperative			erfa’				erfgħu

See also

• għolla
• tella’