"jessu għalik" meaning in Maltese

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        "2": "يَا سَلام"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَا سَلام (yā salām)",
      "name": "noncog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "يَسَّ",
        "t": "to journey"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَسَّ (yassa, “to journey”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "الله عَلَيْك"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الله عَلَيْك (allāh ʕalayk)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
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        "3": "يَسُوع",
        "t": "Jesus"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ, “Jesus”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Aquilina rejects a derivation from Arabic يَا سَلام (yā salām). The required contraction of sliem into -ssu is indeed unlikely. However, Aquilina’s own connection with Arabic يَسَّ (yassa, “to journey”) seems even less plausible.\nThe phrase is reminiscent of dialectal Arabic الله عَلَيْك (allāh ʕalayk), which often has the same sense of “bravo!, well done!”. The word jessu would then be Christian Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ, “Jesus”). The unexpected gemination is not problematic in this exclamatory context. However, it is questionable whether يَسُوع (yasūʕ) was ever used in Malta. While there were Arabic-speaking missionaries, no Christian Arabic names are found. Moreover, the Islamic name form Għisa is attested (though it is not entirely clear whether the Maltese actually used it among themselves or knew it mainly through Muslim slaves).",
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    {
      "form": "jessu għalik !",
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        "canonical"
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    }
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        "head": "jessu għalik!"
      },
      "expansion": "jessu għalik!",
      "name": "mt-interjection"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "intj",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bravo!, well done!"
      ],
      "id": "en-jessu_għalik-mt-intj-R1L4XCGC",
      "links": [
        [
          "bravo",
          "bravo"
        ],
        [
          "well done",
          "well done"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "especially to a child",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, especially to a child) bravo!, well done!"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jassu għalik"
        }
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        "archaic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Joseph Aquilina"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛs.su aˈliːk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛs.su aˤːˈliːk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jessu għalik"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "يَسَّ",
        "t": "to journey"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَسَّ (yassa, “to journey”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "الله عَلَيْك"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الله عَلَيْك (allāh ʕalayk)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "يَسُوع",
        "t": "Jesus"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ, “Jesus”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Aquilina rejects a derivation from Arabic يَا سَلام (yā salām). The required contraction of sliem into -ssu is indeed unlikely. However, Aquilina’s own connection with Arabic يَسَّ (yassa, “to journey”) seems even less plausible.\nThe phrase is reminiscent of dialectal Arabic الله عَلَيْك (allāh ʕalayk), which often has the same sense of “bravo!, well done!”. The word jessu would then be Christian Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ, “Jesus”). The unexpected gemination is not problematic in this exclamatory context. However, it is questionable whether يَسُوع (yasūʕ) was ever used in Malta. While there were Arabic-speaking missionaries, no Christian Arabic names are found. Moreover, the Islamic name form Għisa is attested (though it is not entirely clear whether the Maltese actually used it among themselves or knew it mainly through Muslim slaves).",
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    {
      "form": "jessu għalik !",
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        "canonical"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "mt",
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      "glosses": [
        "bravo!, well done!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bravo",
          "bravo"
        ],
        [
          "well done",
          "well done"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "especially to a child",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, especially to a child) bravo!, well done!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Joseph Aquilina"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛs.su aˈliːk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛs.su aˤːˈliːk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jassu għalik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jessu għalik"
}