"bela'" meaning in Maltese

See bela' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛ.la/, /ˈbɛ.laˤ/
Etymology: From Arabic بَلَعَ (balaʕa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بَلَعَ}} Arabic بَلَعَ (balaʕa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jibla'|miblugħ|vn=bligħ|vn2=blugħ}} bela’ (imperfect jibla’, past participle miblugħ, verbal noun bligħ or blugħ) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|blajt|blajt|bela'|belgħet|blajna|blajtu|belgħu|nibla'|tibla'|jibla'|tibla'|nibilgħu|tibilgħu|jibilgħu|ibla'|ibilgħu}} Forms: bela’ [canonical], jibla’ [imperfect], miblugħ [participle, past], bligħ [noun-from-verb], blugħ [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], blajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], blajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bela’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], blajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], blajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], belgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], blajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], blajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], belgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], blajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], blajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], belgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibla’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibla’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibla’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibilgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibilgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibilgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibla’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibla’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibla’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibilgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibilgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibilgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ibla’ [imperative, second-person, singular], ibilgħu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to swallow
    Sense id: en-bela'-mt-verb-3WRTF9Cv
  2. (figuratively) to be gullible Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bela'-mt-verb-LyxXy1oA Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bala’ 
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