"blat" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "بَلَاط",
        "t": "tiles, paved surface"
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَلَاط (balāṭ, “tiles, paved surface”), eventually from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).",
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      "form": "blata",
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    {
      "form": "blajjet",
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    {
      "form": "blejjet",
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    },
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      "form": "blatiet",
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        "paucal"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,\n For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.\n Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!\n Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.",
          "ref": "Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
          "text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:",
          "text": "u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,\nu jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,\nbi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni\nngħix ħajja waħdi.",
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        "rock (material, a mass or surface of it)"
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      "ipa": "/blaːt/"
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  "word": "blat"
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      "form": "blata",
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    {
      "form": "blejjet",
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    {
      "form": "blatiet",
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        "paucal"
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          "english": "To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,\n For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.\n Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!\n Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.",
          "ref": "Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:",
          "text": "Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.\n Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.\n Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!\n Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.",
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          "text": "u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,\nu jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,\nbi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni\nngħix ħajja waħdi.",
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      "ipa": "/blaːt/"
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