"ddetta" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /(ɪ)dˈdɛt.ta/ Forms: jiddetta [imperfect], ddettat [participle, past], dettat [participle, past], ddettar [noun-from-verb], dettar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags]
Rhymes: -ɛtta Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dictāre Italian dettarebor. Maltese ddetta Borrowed from Italian dettare. Etymology templates: {{ety|mt|:bor|it:dettare|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin dictāre Italian dettarebor. Maltese ddetta [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "dictāre", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dictō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "dettare", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Maltese", "term" : "ddetta", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mt" }" data-lang="mt" data-title="ddetta"> Borrowed from Italian dettare. Head templates: {{mt-verb|jiddetta|ddettat||ddettar|pp2=dettat|vn2=dettar}} ddetta (imperfect jiddetta, past participle ddettat or dettat, verbal noun ddettar or dettar)
  1. to dictate (words to be written down) Related terms: dettam, dettatura
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        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ddettat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dettat",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ddettar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dettar",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-type",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "to dictate (words to be written down)"
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        {
          "word": "dettam"
        },
        {
          "word": "dettatura"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ɪ)dˈdɛt.ta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛtta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ddetta"
}
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        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dettat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddettar",
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    },
    {
      "form": "dettar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "i-type",
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    }
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      "word": "dettam"
    },
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    }
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛtta",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛtta/3 syllables"
      ],
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        "to dictate (words to be written down)"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/(ɪ)dˈdɛt.ta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛtta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ddetta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ddetta meaning in Maltese (2.5kB)

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