"ċawl" meaning in All languages combined

See ċawl on Wiktionary

Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /t͡ʃawl/ Forms: ċawla [singulative], ċawlu [singulative], ċwal [plural], ċawliet [paucal]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|ciaula}} Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula
  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) Tags: collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-ċawl-mt-noun-mt:jackdaw Categories (other): Corvids, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 28 23 28 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 27 35 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 28 34 1 3
  2. (by extension) crow (Corvus corone) Tags: broadly, collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-ċawl-mt-noun-JMsjrgMH Categories (other): Animals, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 28 23 28 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 27 35 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 28 34 1 3
  3. damselfish (Chromis chromis) Tags: collective, masculine Synonyms: kastanjola
    Sense id: en-ċawl-mt-noun-mt:damselfish Categories (other): Labroid fish, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 28 23 28 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 27 35 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 28 34 1 3
  4. (figuratively, in the singulative) chatterbox (talkative person) Tags: collective, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: ċaqċieqa, paċoċċ, ċuqlajta
    Sense id: en-ċawl-mt-noun-LiF03Vfg Categories (other): People, Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 28 23 28 15 6
  5. (Gozo) pieces of torn clouds Tags: collective, masculine
    Sense id: en-ċawl-mt-noun-52hguCFw Categories (other): Gozitan Maltese, Clouds
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ċawl abjad, ċawl aħmar, ċawl griż, ċawl imperjali, ċawl ta’ Sqallija, ċawlun, ċawwal, sultan iċ-ċawl

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawl abjad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawl aħmar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawl griż"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawl imperjali"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawl ta’ Sqallija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawlun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ċawwal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sultan iċ-ċawl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "ciaula"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċawla",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċawlu",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċwal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċawliet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Corvids",
          "orig": "mt:Corvids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 28 15 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 27 35 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 34 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċawl-mt-noun-mt:jackdaw",
      "links": [
        [
          "jackdaw",
          "jackdaw"
        ],
        [
          "Coloeus monedula",
          "Coloeus monedula#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:jackdaw"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "mt:Animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 28 15 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 27 35 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 34 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crow (Corvus corone)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċawl-mt-noun-JMsjrgMH",
      "links": [
        [
          "crow",
          "crow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) crow (Corvus corone)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Labroid fish",
          "orig": "mt:Labroid fish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 28 15 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 27 35 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 34 1 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "damselfish (Chromis chromis)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċawl-mt-noun-mt:damselfish",
      "links": [
        [
          "damselfish",
          "damselfish"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:damselfish"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kastanjola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "mt:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 23 28 15 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chatterbox (talkative person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċawl-mt-noun-LiF03Vfg",
      "links": [
        [
          "chatterbox",
          "chatterbox"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the singulative) chatterbox (talkative person)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the singulative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ċaqċieqa"
        },
        {
          "word": "paċoċċ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ċuqlajta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gozitan Maltese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Clouds",
          "orig": "mt:Clouds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pieces of torn clouds"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċawl-mt-noun-52hguCFw",
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "torn",
          "torn"
        ],
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Gozo) pieces of torn clouds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃawl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċawl"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese collective nouns",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
    "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ċawl abjad"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawl aħmar"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawl griż"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawl imperjali"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawl ta’ Sqallija"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawlun"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċawwal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sultan iċ-ċawl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "ciaula"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian ciaula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċawla",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċawlu",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċwal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċawliet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Corvids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jackdaw",
          "jackdaw"
        ],
        [
          "Coloeus monedula",
          "Coloeus monedula#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:jackdaw"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Animals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crow (Corvus corone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crow",
          "crow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) crow (Corvus corone)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "mt:Labroid fish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "damselfish (Chromis chromis)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damselfish",
          "damselfish"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:damselfish"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kastanjola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chatterbox (talkative person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chatterbox",
          "chatterbox"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the singulative) chatterbox (talkative person)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the singulative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ċaqċieqa"
        },
        {
          "word": "paċoċċ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ċuqlajta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Gozitan Maltese",
        "mt:Clouds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pieces of torn clouds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "torn",
          "torn"
        ],
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Gozo) pieces of torn clouds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃawl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċawl"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ċawl meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
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