"-a" meaning in Maltese

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ـَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـَة (-a)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "-a"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian -a",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـَة (-a), reinforced by Sicilian and Italian -a, which are unrelated but used similarly.",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the feminine forms of most nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-mt-suffix-kLuSi~bz",
      "links": [
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine#English"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the plurals of some nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-mt-suffix-FpagXb33",
      "links": [
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form singulatives from collective nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--a-mt-suffix-OxgaGA5Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "singulative",
          "singulative#English"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "-ha (distinct after -h, -ħ, -għ; may also trigger different stem alternations)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "used after -i, -j; also another ending of different origin",
      "word": "-ja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "used after -u, -w",
      "word": "-wa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}

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    {
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      "expansion": "Italian -a",
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـَة (-a), reinforced by Sicilian and Italian -a, which are unrelated but used similarly.",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the feminine forms of most nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the plurals of some nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form singulatives from collective nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "singulative",
          "singulative#English"
        ],
        [
          "collective",
          "collective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "-ha (distinct after -h, -ħ, -għ; may also trigger different stem alternations)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "used after -i, -j; also another ending of different origin",
      "word": "-ja"
    },
    {
      "english": "used after -u, -w",
      "word": "-wa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
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