"dab" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /daːp/
Rhymes: -aːp Etymology: From Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|ذَابَ}} Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jdub|vn=dewbien|vn2=dwib|vn3=dwieb}} dab (imperfect jdub, verbal noun dewbien or dwib or dwieb), {{tlb|mt|intransitive}} (intransitive) Forms: jdub [imperfect], dewbien [noun-from-verb], dwib [noun-from-verb], dwieb [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], dobt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], dobt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], dab [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], dobna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], dobtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], dabu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], dobt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], dobt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], dabet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], dobna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], dobtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], dabu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ndub [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ddub [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jdub [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], ndubu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], ddubu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jdubu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], ndub [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ddub [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], ddub [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], ndubu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], ddubu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jdubu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], dub [imperative, second-person, singular], dubu [imperative, plural, second-person], {{{17}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{19}}} [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{17}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{20}}} [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], {{{25}}} [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], {{{26}}} [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], {{{29}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], {{{25}}} [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], {{{27}}} [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], {{{29}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], {{{31}}} [imperative, second-person, singular], {{{32}}} [imperative, plural, second-person], dieb [alternative]
  1. to melt (become liquid, especially through warmth) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-GKskI0J~
  2. to disappear Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-xj8PofFt
  3. to become emaciated Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-b3BL0QGO
  4. to show tender feelings Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-yTlBuDSw Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 13 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "dieb",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to melt (become liquid, especially through warmth)"
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        "to show tender feelings"
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      "ipa": "/daːp/"
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      "rhymes": "-aːp"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dieb",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jdub",
        "vn": "dewbien",
        "vn2": "dwib",
        "vn3": "dwieb"
      },
      "expansion": "dab (imperfect jdub, verbal noun dewbien or dwib or dwieb)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to melt (become liquid, especially through warmth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to disappear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disappear",
          "disappear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become emaciated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emaciated",
          "emaciated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to show tender feelings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daːp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dab"
}

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