"ġgant" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɡant/ Forms: ġganti [plural], ġganta [feminine], ġigant [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gigante. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|it|gigante}} Borrowed from Italian gigante Head templates: {{mt-noun|f=ġganta|g=m|p=ġganti}} ġgant m (plural ġganti, feminine ġganta)
  1. giant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ġgant-mt-noun-CxMuovbN
  2. (figuratively) bully Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-ġgant-mt-noun-~5B7MKzf
  3. a strong man Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ġgant-mt-noun-rUqVXww3 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġganti Related terms: ġgantesk, Ġgantija, ġgantiżmu, ġgantomakija

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġganti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "gigante"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian gigante",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian gigante.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ġganti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġganta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġigant",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġgantesk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Ġgantija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġgantiżmu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġgantomakija"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "giant"
      ],
      "id": "en-ġgant-mt-noun-CxMuovbN",
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bully"
      ],
      "id": "en-ġgant-mt-noun-~5B7MKzf",
      "links": [
        [
          "bully",
          "bully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) bully"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 98",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a strong man"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɡant/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ġgant"
}
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    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms borrowed from Italian",
    "Maltese terms derived from Italian",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġganti"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġganta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġigant",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "f": "ġganta",
        "g": "m",
        "p": "ġganti"
      },
      "expansion": "ġgant m (plural ġganti, feminine ġganta)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ġgantesk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ġgantija"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġgantiżmu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġgantomakija"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "giant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bully"
      ],
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        [
          "bully",
          "bully"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) bully"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a strong man"
      ],
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        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɡant/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ġgant"
}

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