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)
- to dig