"ħliefa" meaning in Maltese

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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic غِلاف (ḡilāf). The devoiced onset is due to a merger of the Arabic roots غ ل ف (ḡ l f) and خ ل ف (ḵ l f) in Maltese. Vassalli gives the verb ħellef, ħallef (“to peel, husk”) with both /ɣ/ and /x/, and does the same, vice versa, with ħlief (“except”). The semantic interface between them was probably the idea that the husk is that which is excluded and discarded.",
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      "form": "ħlifiet",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "feminine"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħlɪː.fa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ħliefha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ħliefa"
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      "homophone": "ħliefha"
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