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pa|fja'lë adj (i) 1 sparing in speech: taciturn 2 compliant, agreeable; modest 3 well-behaved and soft-spoken 4 [Book] unspeaking, mute; unspoken 5 doubtless pa|fje't|ur adj (i) 1 not having slept, not having slept sufficiently 2 [Fig] unsleeping, ever alert; indefatigable pa'fkë nf = pa'ftë