"basal" meaning in Maltese

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "bulbous",
      "word": "basli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to peel onions",
      "word": "bassal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَصَل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَصَل (baṣal)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basla",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basliet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For the burger to be complete it is served with lettuce, onions and tomatoes; it has already been a success in the Netherlands and Belgium.",
          "ref": "2018, “Tasal li tiekol burger bid-dud?”, in Television Malta (TVM):",
          "text": "Biex il-burger ikun komplut jisserva bil-ħass, basal u tadam u diġà kien suċċess fl-Olanda u l-Belġju.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "onion (as a mass or species); several onions"
      ],
      "id": "en-basal-mt-noun-NMlh1cTR",
      "links": [
        [
          "onion",
          "onion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bulbs"
      ],
      "id": "en-basal-mt-noun-7-I4vidF",
      "links": [
        [
          "bulbs",
          "bulbs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.sal/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basal"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/asal",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/asal/2 syllables",
    "tr:Alliums",
    "tr:Vegetables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "bulbous",
      "word": "basli"
    },
    {
      "english": "to peel onions",
      "word": "bassal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَصَل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَصَل (baṣal)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "basla",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basliet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For the burger to be complete it is served with lettuce, onions and tomatoes; it has already been a success in the Netherlands and Belgium.",
          "ref": "2018, “Tasal li tiekol burger bid-dud?”, in Television Malta (TVM):",
          "text": "Biex il-burger ikun komplut jisserva bil-ħass, basal u tadam u diġà kien suċċess fl-Olanda u l-Belġju.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "onion (as a mass or species); several onions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "onion",
          "onion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bulbs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bulbs",
          "bulbs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba.sal/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basal"
}