"għajn" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /aːjn/, /ajn/, /aˤːjn/
Etymology: From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|عَيْن}} Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f|p=għajnejn}} għajn f (plural għajnejn) Inflection templates: {{mt-infl-noun-auto|għajn}}, {{mt-infl-noun|għajni|għajnek|għajnu|għajnha|għajnna|għajnkom|għajnhom}} Forms: għajnejn [plural], għajni [first-person, singular], għajnna [first-person, plural], għajnek [second-person, singular], għajnkom [plural, second-person], għajnu [masculine, singular, third-person], għajnha [feminine, singular, third-person], għajnhom [plural, third-person]
  1. (anatomy) eye Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-għajn-mt-noun-mt:eye Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (in the definite) the evil eye Tags: feminine, in the definite
    Sense id: en-għajn-mt-noun-VfDn3wR5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: għajjen, għatu tal-għajn

Noun

IPA: /aːjn/, /ajn/, /aˤːjn/ Forms: għejun [plural], għawejna [diminutive]
Etymology: From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|عَيْن}} Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn) Head templates: {{mt-noun|dim=għawejna|g=f|p=għejun}} għajn f (plural għejun, diminutive għawejna)
  1. spring, source of water Tags: feminine Related terms: nixxiegħa, fawwara
    Sense id: en-għajn-mt-noun-mt:spring

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "għajjen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "għatu tal-għajn"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "عَيْن"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "għajnejn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnhom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "għajnejn"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "għajn"
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        "1": "għajni",
        "2": "għajnek",
        "3": "għajnu",
        "4": "għajnha",
        "5": "għajnna",
        "6": "għajnkom",
        "7": "għajnhom"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "mt:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80",
          "text": "”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "eye"
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) eye"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:eye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Many believe in the evil eye, and maybe I believe in it too; because many circumstances have happened to me, such that I have been unable not to believe that there are certain people who with their glance curse that which has appealed to them so much.",
          "ref": "1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti, page 61",
          "text": "Bosta jemnu bil għain, u forsi nemmen biha jen ucoll; għax bosta circostanzi għaddeu min għalìa, li ma staitx ma nemminx illi jinsabu certi bnedmin li b’ħarsitom igħainu dac l’icun tant għogiobom.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the evil eye"
      ],
      "id": "en-għajn-mt-noun-VfDn3wR5",
      "links": [
        [
          "evil eye",
          "evil eye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the definite) the evil eye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in the definite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːjn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "għin (one pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għajn"
}

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    {
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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عَيْن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "għejun",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għawejna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "spring, source of water"
      ],
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          "spring"
        ],
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          "source",
          "source"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "nixxiegħa"
        },
        {
          "word": "fawwara"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:spring"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːjn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "għin (one pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għajn"
}
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    {
      "word": "għajjen"
    },
    {
      "word": "għatu tal-għajn"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għajnhom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "g": "f",
        "p": "għajnejn"
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      "expansion": "għajn f (plural għajnejn)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "għajn"
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      "name": "mt-infl-noun-auto"
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      "args": {
        "1": "għajni",
        "2": "għajnek",
        "3": "għajnu",
        "4": "għajnha",
        "5": "għajnna",
        "6": "għajnkom",
        "7": "għajnhom"
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      "name": "mt-infl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations",
        "mt:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80",
          "text": "”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eye"
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) eye"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:eye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Many believe in the evil eye, and maybe I believe in it too; because many circumstances have happened to me, such that I have been unable not to believe that there are certain people who with their glance curse that which has appealed to them so much.",
          "ref": "1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti, page 61",
          "text": "Bosta jemnu bil għain, u forsi nemmen biha jen ucoll; għax bosta circostanzi għaddeu min għalìa, li ma staitx ma nemminx illi jinsabu certi bnedmin li b’ħarsitom igħainu dac l’icun tant għogiobom.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the evil eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil eye",
          "evil eye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the definite) the evil eye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in the definite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːjn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "għin (one pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għajn"
}

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عَيْن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "għejun",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għawejna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nixxiegħa"
    },
    {
      "word": "fawwara"
    }
  ],
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        "spring, source of water"
      ],
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        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ],
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          "source",
          "source"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:spring"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˤːjn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "għin (one pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għajn"
}

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