"la" meaning in Maltese

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Adverb

IPA: /laː/
Etymology: From Arabic لَا (lā). Doublet of le (“no”). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|mt|ar|inherited|sort=}} Arabic, {{str left|لا|1}} ل, {{str left|لَا|1}} ل, {{str left|lā|1}} l, {{m-lite|ar|لا|لَا||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Arab|tr=lā|ts=}} لَا (lā), {{inh-lite|mt|ar|لا|لَا|sc=Arab|tr=lā}} Arabic لَا (lā), {{str left|le|1}} l, {{str left|le|1}} l, {{m-lite|mt|le||no}} le (“no”) Head templates: {{mt-adverb}} la
  1. Used—optionally—with a negated second-person imperfect verb to express the negated imperative.
    Sense id: en-la-mt-adv-SXnETnL9 Categories (other): Pages using lite templates
  2. Used to express negative intention.
    Sense id: en-la-mt-adv-9Hqe5Z8R Categories (other): Pages using lite templates
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /laː/
Etymology: From Arabic لَا (lā). Doublet of le (“no”). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|mt|ar|inherited|sort=}} Arabic, {{str left|لا|1}} ل, {{str left|لَا|1}} ل, {{str left|lā|1}} l, {{m-lite|ar|لا|لَا||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Arab|tr=lā|ts=}} لَا (lā), {{inh-lite|mt|ar|لا|لَا|sc=Arab|tr=lā}} Arabic لَا (lā), {{str left|le|1}} l, {{str left|le|1}} l, {{m-lite|mt|le||no}} le (“no”) Head templates: {{mt-conjunction}} la
  1. neither, nor
    Sense id: en-la-mt-conj-ZSzOs9pF Categories (other): Pages using lite templates, Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 29 9 56 4 1 0
  2. (obsolete) except Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-la-mt-conj-sRJ5VHvE Categories (other): Pages using lite templates
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bla, inkella, lanqas
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /laː/
Etymology: Probably from Arabic لَمَّا (lammā). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|mt|ar|inherited|sort=}} Arabic, {{str left|لما|1}} ل, {{str left|لَمَّا|1}} ل, {{str left|lammā|1}} l, {{m-lite|ar|لما|لَمَّا||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=Arab|tr=lammā|ts=}} لَمَّا (lammā), {{inh-lite|mt|ar|لما|لَمَّا|sc=Arab|tr=lammā}} Arabic لَمَّا (lammā) Head templates: {{mt-conjunction}} la
  1. when
    Sense id: en-la-mt-conj-FeqnUkCu
  2. since
    Sense id: en-la-mt-conj-a1o97QFq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: la Maltija, ladarba
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for la meaning in Maltese (5.2kB)

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Arabic لَمَّا (lammā).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "la",
      "name": "mt-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "when"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "since"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/la/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Arabic language"
  ],
  "word": "la"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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