"bbalka" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /(ɪ)bˈbal.ka/
Rhymes: -alka Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Sicilian placari. Etymology templates: {{ety|mt|:bor<unc>|scn:placari|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Sicilian", "term" : "placari", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "scn" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Maltese", "term" : "bbalka", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mt" }" data-lang="mt" data-title="bbalka"> Possibly borrowed from Sicilian placari., {{ety|mt|:bor<unc>|scn:placari|text=+|tree=1}} Possibly borrowed from Sicilian placari. Head templates: {{mt-head|verb|jibbalka|bbalkat|vn=bbalkar}} bbalka (imperfect jibbalka, past participle bbalkat, verbal noun bbalkar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj-auto|loan-a}} Forms: jibbalka [imperfect], bbalkat [participle, past], bbalkar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bbalkajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bbalkajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbalka [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbalkajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bbalkajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbalkaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bbalkajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bbalkajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbalkat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbalkajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bbalkajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbalkaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibbalka [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibbalka [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibbalka [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibbalkaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibbalkaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibbalkaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibbalka [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibbalka [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibbalka [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibbalkaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibbalkaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibbalkaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], bbalka [imperative, second-person, singular], bbalkaw [imperative, plural, second-person], bbalkajtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bbalkajtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbalkax [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbalkajniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bbalkajtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbalkawx [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bbalkajtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bbalkajtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbalkatx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbalkajniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bbalkajtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbalkawx [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibbalkax [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibbalkax [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibbalkax [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibbalkawx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibbalkawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibbalkawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibbalkax [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibbalkax [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibbalkax [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibbalkawx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibbalkawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibbalkawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tibbalkax [imperative, second-person, singular], tibbalkawx [imperative, plural, second-person], balka [alternative]
  1. to abate, to calm down
    Sense id: en-bbalka-mt-verb-UHYfmou~ Categories (other): Maltese entries referencing missing etymons, Maltese entries with etymology texts, Maltese entries with etymon, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon

Alternative forms

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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "a-type",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
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      "form": "nibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "tibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nibbalkaw",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "form": "tibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "form": "jibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nibbalka",
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      "form": "tibbalka",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nibbalkaw",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
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      "form": "tibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "jibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "bbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "bbalkajtx",
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      "form": "bbalkajtx",
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "bbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bbalkajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "bbalkajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "bbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "bbalkatx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bbalkajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bbalkajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "bbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "nibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balka",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "jibbalka",
        "3": "bbalkat",
        "vn": "bbalkar"
      },
      "expansion": "bbalka (imperfect jibbalka, past participle bbalkat, verbal noun bbalkar)",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "loan-a"
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      "name": "mt-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to abate, to calm down"
      ],
      "id": "en-bbalka-mt-verb-UHYfmou~",
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        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "calm down",
          "calm down"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ɪ)bˈbal.ka/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bbalka"
}

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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkar",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj-auto",
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      "form": "a-type",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "bbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bbalkajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "bbalkat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkax",
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkatx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbalkawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balka",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "jibbalka",
        "3": "bbalkat",
        "vn": "bbalkar"
      },
      "expansion": "bbalka (imperfect jibbalka, past participle bbalkat, verbal noun bbalkar)",
      "name": "mt-head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loan-a"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese a-type unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Maltese entries with etymology texts",
        "Maltese entries with etymon",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
        "Maltese unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/alka",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/alka/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to abate, to calm down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abate",
          "abate"
        ],
        [
          "calm down",
          "calm down"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ɪ)bˈbal.ka/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bbalka"
}

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