ħaffer

Maltese

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)

  1. to dig
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