"ewwel" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَوَّل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "ula",
        "fq": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "ewwel (feminine singular (obsolete) ula)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Maltese ordinal numbers",
          "parents": [
            "Ordinal numbers",
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "alt": "awl",
          "word": "ewl"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This was the first time I was away from Malta.",
          "text": "Din kienet l-ewwel darba li kont barra minn Malta."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2ⁿᵈ edition, Malta: Ede Books:",
          "text": "Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok\nlewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,\nbl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,\nu xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first (of a series or order, before second and third)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ewwel-mt-adj-iHNQzumq",
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ewlilejl"
        },
        {
          "word": "ewliemes"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ewwieli, ewwiel, ewlien",
          "word": "ewlieni"
        },
        {
          "word": "lbiraħtlula"
        },
        {
          "word": "aħħar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛw.wɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛwwɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ewwel"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "awl",
      "word": "ewl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَوَّل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "ula",
        "fq": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "ewwel (feminine singular (obsolete) ula)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ewlilejl"
    },
    {
      "word": "ewliemes"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ewwieli, ewwiel, ewlien",
      "word": "ewlieni"
    },
    {
      "word": "lbiraħtlula"
    },
    {
      "word": "aħħar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese adjectives",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese ordinal numbers",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛwwɛl",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛwwɛl/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This was the first time I was away from Malta.",
          "text": "Din kienet l-ewwel darba li kont barra minn Malta."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2ⁿᵈ edition, Malta: Ede Books:",
          "text": "Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok\nlewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,\nbl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,\nu xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first (of a series or order, before second and third)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛw.wɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛwwɛl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ewwel"
}