"brimb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /ˈbrɪmp/ Forms: brimba [singulative], brimbejn [dual], brimbiet [paucal]
Rhymes: -ɪmp Etymology: Has been said to come from baram in the sense of to knit.
  1. spiders Tags: collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-brimb-mt-noun-Ji8Jh4Vt Categories (other): Arachnids, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. ovate goatgrass (Aegilops geniculata) Tags: collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-brimb-mt-noun-ok8Or3hi Categories (other): Animals, Hordeeae tribe grasses, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ħaddiela (english: tarantula wolf spider)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Has been said to come from baram in the sense of to knit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brimba",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brimbejn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brimbiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tarantula wolf spider",
      "translation": "tarantula wolf spider",
      "word": "ħaddiela"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Arachnids",
          "orig": "mt:Arachnids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              78
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ninżel fuq tarf is-siġġu u ngħolli għajnejja ’l fuq bis-slow motion. Il-brimba ta’ fuq moħħha ma tidhirx feroċi daqskemm ħsibt, ejja.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spiders"
      ],
      "id": "en-brimb-mt-noun-Ji8Jh4Vt",
      "links": [
        [
          "spiders",
          "spiders"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "mt:Animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Hordeeae tribe grasses",
          "orig": "mt:Hordeeae tribe grasses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ovate goatgrass (Aegilops geniculata)"
      ],
      "id": "en-brimb-mt-noun-ok8Or3hi",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɪmp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brimb"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese collective nouns",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/ɪmp",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/ɪmp/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Has been said to come from baram in the sense of to knit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brimba",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brimbejn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brimbiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "tarantula wolf spider",
      "translation": "tarantula wolf spider",
      "word": "ħaddiela"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations",
        "mt:Arachnids"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              78
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ninżel fuq tarf is-siġġu u ngħolli għajnejja ’l fuq bis-slow motion. Il-brimba ta’ fuq moħħha ma tidhirx feroċi daqskemm ħsibt, ejja.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spiders"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spiders",
          "spiders"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "mt:Animals",
        "mt:Hordeeae tribe grasses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ovate goatgrass (Aegilops geniculata)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrɪmp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brimb"
}

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