"dawl" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /dawl/ Forms: dwal [plural], dwajjel [diminutive]
Etymology: From Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) with a paragogic -l, perhaps from a following article by resegmentation, and/or under influence of the antonym dell (“shade”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|ضَوْء}} Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) Head templates: {{mt-noun|dim=dwajjel|g=m|p=dwal}} dawl m (plural dwal, diminutive dwajjel)
  1. light Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dawl-mt-noun-macCYXLU Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
  2. eyesight Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dawl-mt-noun-NmLBuyUQ Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
  3. (figuratively) information Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-dawl-mt-noun-3qcRGoQG Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dawl tal-Bambin, dawl t’Alla, fid-dawl tax-xemx, sena dawl

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dawl tal-Bambin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dawl t’Alla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fid-dawl tax-xemx"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sena dawl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ضَوْء"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) with a paragogic -l, perhaps from a following article by resegmentation, and/or under influence of the antonym dell (“shade”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dwal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dwajjel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "dwajjel",
        "g": "m",
        "p": "dwal"
      },
      "expansion": "dawl m (plural dwal, diminutive dwajjel)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": [
        "light"
      ],
      "id": "en-dawl-mt-noun-macCYXLU",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eyesight"
      ],
      "id": "en-dawl-mt-noun-NmLBuyUQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "information"
      ],
      "id": "en-dawl-mt-noun-3qcRGoQG",
      "links": [
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) information"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dawl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dawl"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dawl tal-Bambin"
    },
    {
      "word": "dawl t’Alla"
    },
    {
      "word": "fid-dawl tax-xemx"
    },
    {
      "word": "sena dawl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ضَوْء"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) with a paragogic -l, perhaps from a following article by resegmentation, and/or under influence of the antonym dell (“shade”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dwal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dwajjel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "dwajjel",
        "g": "m",
        "p": "dwal"
      },
      "expansion": "dawl m (plural dwal, diminutive dwajjel)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": [
        "light"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eyesight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "information"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) information"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dawl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dawl"
}

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