"ferm" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "fermu"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian fermu",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian fermu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fermi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ifrem",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "ifrem",
        "f": "ferma",
        "p": "fermi",
        "p2": "friem"
      },
      "expansion": "ferm (feminine singular ferma, plural fermi or friem, comparative ifrem)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fermezza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fferma"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong, well-built"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferm-mt-adj-3CJC8Ulv",
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "well-built",
          "well-built"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sħiħ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "steady, constant"
      ],
      "id": "en-ferm-mt-adj-422GIMtM",
      "links": [
        [
          "steady",
          "steady"
        ],
        [
          "constant",
          "constant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛrm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferm"
}

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    "Maltese adjectives",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
    "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "fermu"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian fermu",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian fermu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fermi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "friem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ifrem",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "ifrem",
        "f": "ferma",
        "p": "fermi",
        "p2": "friem"
      },
      "expansion": "ferm (feminine singular ferma, plural fermi or friem, comparative ifrem)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fermezza"
    },
    {
      "word": "fferma"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strong, well-built"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "well-built",
          "well-built"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sħiħ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "steady, constant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steady",
          "steady"
        ],
        [
          "constant",
          "constant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛrm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferm"
}