jaf

See also: jàf and jäf

Translingual

Symbol

jaf

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jara.

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)

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.
- 2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:
  kull skuża
  f’soċjetà kkankrata
  li ma tridx taf b’mara
  sakemm m’hemmx kwota
  li ma tridx taf b’mara
  sakemm ma tridx tivvota
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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**
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	kont naf	kont taf	kien jaf	konna nafu	kontu tafu	kienu jafu
perfect	f	kont naf	kont taf	kienet taf	konna nafu	kontu tafu	kienu jafu
imperfect	m	naf	taf	jaf	nafu	tafu	jafu
imperfect	f	naf	taf	taf	nafu	tafu	jafu
imperative			kun af			kunu afu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish żak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jaf n (plural jafuri)

robbery

Declension

Declension of **jaf**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	jaf	jaful	jafuri	jafurile
genitive-dative	jaf	jafului	jafuri	jafurilor
vocative	jafule		jafurilor