"bla" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بِلا",
        "lit": "with not",
        "tr": "bi-lā"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "b'",
        "3": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, b’ + le",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "bla",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "without milk",
          "text": "bla ħalib"
        },
        {
          "english": "Destroy, kill those vines,\nthe offspring of the worker’s sweat,\nkeep the poor man in the hovel alone,\nwithout bread, without light, without peace!",
          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,\nwild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,\nżomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,\nu bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bla-mt-prep-ogqSxqy-",
      "links": [
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "ingredient",
          "ingredient"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "concomitant",
          "concomitant"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/bla/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bla"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بِلا",
        "lit": "with not",
        "tr": "bi-lā"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "b'",
        "3": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, b’ + le",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "bla",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese compound terms",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese prepositions",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "without milk",
          "text": "bla ħalib"
        },
        {
          "english": "Destroy, kill those vines,\nthe offspring of the worker’s sweat,\nkeep the poor man in the hovel alone,\nwithout bread, without light, without peace!",
          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,\nwild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,\nżomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,\nu bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "ingredient",
          "ingredient"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "concomitant",
          "concomitant"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blaː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/bla/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bla"
}