"isqof" meaning in Maltese

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "arċisqof"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أُسْقُف"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπίσκοπος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "isqfijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "isqfijiet"
      },
      "expansion": "isqof m (plural isqfijiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isqfija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "re"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "reġina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "torri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "żiemel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pjun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pedina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "petun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "mt:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (church official)"
      ],
      "id": "en-isqof-mt-noun-FB4i3e3J",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) bishop (church official)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "mt:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "mt:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (chess piece)"
      ],
      "id": "en-isqof-mt-noun-hQNtECUX",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) bishop (chess piece)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪs.ʔɔf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "isqof"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "mt:Chess"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "arċisqof"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أُسْقُف"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπίσκοπος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "isqfijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "isqfijiet"
      },
      "expansion": "isqof m (plural isqfijiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "isqfija"
    },
    {
      "word": "re"
    },
    {
      "word": "reġina"
    },
    {
      "word": "torri"
    },
    {
      "word": "żiemel"
    },
    {
      "word": "pjun"
    },
    {
      "word": "pedina"
    },
    {
      "word": "petun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (church official)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) bishop (church official)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (chess piece)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) bishop (chess piece)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪs.ʔɔf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "isqof"
}