"għerq" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "عِرْق"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq)",
      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "għeruq",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għerejjaq",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għerejjeq",
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        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "dim": "għerejjaq",
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      },
      "expansion": "għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "root"
      ],
      "id": "en-għerq-mt-noun-SBNJTRN-",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "nerve"
      ],
      "id": "en-għerq-mt-noun-WhwtFVzc",
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        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "beginning, commencement, origin"
      ],
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        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "mt:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 3 31 63",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "root"
      ],
      "id": "en-għerq-mt-noun-SBNJTRN-1",
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        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
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          "root",
          "root"
        ]
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        "(grammar) root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːrʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˤːrʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "għerq"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms spelled with Għ",
    "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "għeruq",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għerejjaq",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "għerejjeq",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "beginning, commencement, origin"
      ],
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          "commencement",
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          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːrʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛrʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˤːrʔ/"
    }
  ],
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