"għaliex" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء",
        "lit": "on what thing"
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      "expansion": "Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”)",
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      "expansion": "By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”)",
      "name": "surf"
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        "t": "why",
        "tr": "ʕlāš"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From underlying Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”). By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”); see xiex for the latter. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”).",
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      "expansion": "għaliex",
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "why (for what reason)"
      ],
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          "why",
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        "(interrogative) why (for what reason)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għalfejn"
        },
        {
          "word": "għala"
        }
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        "interrogative"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈlɪːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːˈlɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għaliex"
}

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        "lit": "on what thing"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "għal",
        "3": "*iex",
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      "expansion": "By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
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        "t": "why",
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      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From underlying Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”). By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”); see xiex for the latter. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "għaliex m",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "english": "perhaps",
          "word": "għax"
        }
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        "cause, reason, why"
      ],
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          "why",
          "why"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aˈlɪːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːˈlɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għaliex"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "surf"
    },
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        "t": "why",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From underlying Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”). By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”); see xiex for the latter. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”).",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        "why (for what reason)"
      ],
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        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) why (for what reason)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "għalfejn"
        },
        {
          "word": "għala"
        }
      ],
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        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aˈlɪːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːˈlɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għaliex"
}

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    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
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    {
      "english": "perhaps",
      "word": "għax"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "għal",
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      "name": "surf"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From underlying Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”). By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”); see xiex for the latter. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”).",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "cause, reason, why"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈlɪːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːˈlɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għaliex"
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