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"t": "to do with"
},
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},
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},
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}
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"masculine",
"perfect",
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},
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "kien jambi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"perfect",
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},
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "kienet tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "konna nambu",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kontu tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kienu jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "jambi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
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"args": {},
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],
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{
"args": {
"1": "kont nambi",
"10": "jambi",
"11": "tambi",
"12": "nambu",
"13": "tambu",
"14": "jambu",
"15": "—",
"16": "—",
"2": "kont tambi",
"3": "kien jambi",
"4": "kienet tambi",
"5": "konna nambu",
"6": "kontu tambu",
"7": "kienu jambu",
"8": "nambi",
"9": "tambi"
},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What do they need this book for?",
"text": "Dan il-ktieb x’jambuh?"
},
{
"english": "There’s nothing else I need.",
"text": "M’għandix x’nambi iktar."
}
],
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],
"id": "en-jambi-mt-verb-NFtEGun~",
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[
"x’",
"x'#Maltese"
],
[
"need",
"need"
],
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"qualifier": "always with x’",
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"(in certain constructions, always with x’) to need, to use for some purpose"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in certain constructions"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "għamel"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "għand bżonn"
}
],
"tags": [
"imperfect"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjam.bɪ/"
}
],
"word": "jambi"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "mt",
"2": "ar",
"3": "عَمِلَ بِ",
"t": "to do with"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "ar",
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"t": "to wish, desire"
},
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"name": "m+"
}
],
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"forms": [
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "mt-conj\n",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kont nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kont tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kien jambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "konna nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kontu tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kienu jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kont nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kont tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kienet tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "konna nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kontu tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kienu jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "jambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tambi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jambu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "jambi",
"name": "mt-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kont nambi",
"10": "jambi",
"11": "tambi",
"12": "nambu",
"13": "tambu",
"14": "jambu",
"15": "—",
"16": "—",
"2": "kont tambi",
"3": "kien jambi",
"4": "kienet tambi",
"5": "konna nambu",
"6": "kontu tambu",
"7": "kienu jambu",
"8": "nambi",
"9": "tambi"
},
"name": "mt-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "għamel"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
"Maltese lemmas",
"Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
"Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
"Maltese terms with usage examples",
"Maltese verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What do they need this book for?",
"text": "Dan il-ktieb x’jambuh?"
},
{
"english": "There’s nothing else I need.",
"text": "M’għandix x’nambi iktar."
}
],
"glosses": [
"to need, to use for some purpose"
],
"links": [
[
"x’",
"x'#Maltese"
],
[
"need",
"need"
],
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"qualifier": "always with x’",
"raw_glosses": [
"(in certain constructions, always with x’) to need, to use for some purpose"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in certain constructions"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "għand bżonn"
}
],
"tags": [
"imperfect"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjam.bɪ/"
}
],
"word": "jambi"
}
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