"ما" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

{
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَا",
        "t": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَا (mā, “not”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَا (mā, “not”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "mā",
        "tr2": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "ما • (mā or ma)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He doesn't want to come to the party.",
          "roman": "mā biddo yīji ʕal-ḥafle",
          "text": "ما بدّه ييجي عالحفلة.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Audio (Ramallah) (file)"
        },
        {
          "english": "You didn't tell him?",
          "roman": "ma ʔult-illūš?",
          "text": "ما قلتلّوش؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "don't, didn't (used to negate a verbal phrase)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ما-ajp-particle-yLkxjI1j",
      "links": [
        [
          "don't",
          "don't"
        ],
        [
          "didn't",
          "didn't"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "miš",
          "word": "مش"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ـش"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "imperative"
          ],
          "word": "لا"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæː]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ما"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَا",
        "t": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَا (mā, “what”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَا (mā, “what”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "ما • (ma)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "after he went",
          "roman": "baʕd-ma rāḥ",
          "text": "بعد ما راح",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to link a preposition to a verbal phrase"
      ],
      "id": "en-ما-ajp-particle-u9rugGPR"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 10 41 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 9 43 12 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "whenever you want",
          "roman": "ʔēmta-ma biddak",
          "text": "إيمتى ما بدك",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "whatever he said",
          "roman": "šū-ma ʔāl",
          "text": "شو ما قال",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to turn a question word into a relative determiner; -ever"
      ],
      "id": "en-ما-ajp-particle-~YeJN8fm",
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "how beautiful she is!",
          "roman": "ma ʔaḥlā-ha!",
          "text": "ما أحلاها!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used before an elative adjective to indicate surprise or other strong feelings in an exclamation"
      ],
      "id": "en-ما-ajp-particle-9kA-a3B7",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "أمّا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ليش ما راح؟ ما (هو) راح! ― lēš mā rāḥ? ma (huwwe) rāḥ! ― Why didn't he go? He did go!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Invariable form: ماهو (mahū)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used before a verbal phrase to contradict a statement or subvert an expectation; does, did"
      ],
      "id": "en-ما-ajp-particle-rLK4jBJt",
      "links": [
        [
          "does",
          "does"
        ],
        [
          "did",
          "did"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæː]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ما"
}

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  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَا",
        "t": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَا (mā, “not”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَا (mā, “not”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "mā",
        "tr2": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "ما • (mā or ma)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "miš",
      "word": "مش"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links",
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He doesn't want to come to the party.",
          "roman": "mā biddo yīji ʕal-ḥafle",
          "text": "ما بدّه ييجي عالحفلة.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Audio (Ramallah) (file)"
        },
        {
          "english": "You didn't tell him?",
          "roman": "ma ʔult-illūš?",
          "text": "ما قلتلّوش؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "don't, didn't (used to negate a verbal phrase)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "don't",
          "don't"
        ],
        [
          "didn't",
          "didn't"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ـش"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "imperative"
          ],
          "word": "لا"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæː]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ما"
}

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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَا",
        "t": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَا (mā, “what”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَا (mā, “what”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "ما • (ma)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "after he went",
          "roman": "baʕd-ma rāḥ",
          "text": "بعد ما راح",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to link a preposition to a verbal phrase"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "whenever you want",
          "roman": "ʔēmta-ma biddak",
          "text": "إيمتى ما بدك",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "whatever he said",
          "roman": "šū-ma ʔāl",
          "text": "شو ما قال",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to turn a question word into a relative determiner; -ever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "how beautiful she is!",
          "roman": "ma ʔaḥlā-ha!",
          "text": "ما أحلاها!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used before an elative adjective to indicate surprise or other strong feelings in an exclamation"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "أمّا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ليش ما راح؟ ما (هو) راح! ― lēš mā rāḥ? ma (huwwe) rāḥ! ― Why didn't he go? He did go!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Invariable form: ماهو (mahū)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used before a verbal phrase to contradict a statement or subvert an expectation; does, did"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "does",
          "does"
        ],
        [
          "did",
          "did"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mæː]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ما"
}