"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) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|bellajt|bellajt|bella'|bellgħet|bellajna|bellajtu|bellgħu|nbella'|tbella'|jbella'|tbella'|nbellgħu|tbellgħu|jbellgħu|bella'|bellgħu}} 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, singular], 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, singular], 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, singular], 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, singular], tbellgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jbellgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], bella’ [imperative, second-person, singular], bellgħu [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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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to make or cause to swallow"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɛl.la/"
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "Maltese sound verbs",
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    {
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