"-iet" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ـَات",
        "tr": "-āt"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـَات (-āt)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـَات (-āt), feminine and non-personal plural ending.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-iet",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tfajla (“girl”) → tfajliet (“girls”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "qabża (“jump”) → qabżiet (“jumps”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a plural suffix used in some nouns, chiefly ones of Arabic origin and/or ending in -a"
      ],
      "id": "en--iet-mt-suffix-SiXDNvaE",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-ijiet"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ejn"
        },
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "word": "-in"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "regularly after għ, somewhat commonly after ħ and q",
          "word": "-at"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iet"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ـَات",
        "tr": "-āt"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـَات (-āt)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـَات (-āt), feminine and non-personal plural ending.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-iet",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ijiet"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ejn"
    },
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "word": "-in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Maltese 1-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese links with redundant target parameters",
        "Maltese suffixes",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tfajla (“girl”) → tfajliet (“girls”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "qabża (“jump”) → qabżiet (“jumps”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a plural suffix used in some nouns, chiefly ones of Arabic origin and/or ending in -a"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪːt/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "regularly after għ, somewhat commonly after ħ and q",
      "word": "-at"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iet"
}