"bella'" meaning in Maltese

See bella' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛl.la/, /ˈbɛl.laˤ/ [archaic]
Etymology: From Arabic بَلَّعَ (ballaʕa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بَلَّعَ}} Arabic بَلَّعَ (ballaʕa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jbella'|mbella'|vn=tibligħ}} bella’ (imperfect jbella’, past participle mbella’, verbal noun tibligħ) Forms: bella’ [canonical], jbella’ [imperfect], mbella’ [participle, past], tibligħ [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bellajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bellajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bella’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bellajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bellajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bellgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bellajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bellajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bellgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bellajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bellajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bellgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nbella’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tbella’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jbella’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nbellgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tbellgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jbellgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nbella’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tbella’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tbella’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nbellgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tbellgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jbellgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], bella’ [imperative, second-person, singular], bellgħu [imperative, plural, second-person], bellajtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bellajtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bella’x [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bellajniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bellajtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bellgħux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bellajtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bellajtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bellgħitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bellajniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bellajtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bellgħux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nbella’x [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tbella’x [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jbella’x [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nbellgħux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tbellgħux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jbellgħux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nbella’x [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tbella’x [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tbella’x [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nbellgħux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tbellgħux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jbellgħux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tbella’x [imperative, second-person, singular], tbellgħux [imperative, plural, second-person], balla’ [alternative]
  1. to make or cause to swallow
    Sense id: en-bella'-mt-verb-L8UFhFvB Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (figuratively) to make someone believe anything Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bella'-mt-verb-3JPmcxVy
     
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      "form": "bellgħitx",
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      "form": "balla’",
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      "name": "mt-verb"
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "to make or cause to swallow"
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        "(figuratively) to make someone believe anything"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛl.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛl.laˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bella’",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellgħitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajniex",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbella’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tbellgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balla’",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jbella'",
        "2": "mbella'",
        "vn": "tibligħ"
      },
      "expansion": "bella’ (imperfect jbella’, past participle mbella’, verbal noun tibligħ)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make or cause to swallow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swallow",
          "swallow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make someone believe anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to make someone believe anything"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛl.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛl.laˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bella'"
}

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