"laqa'" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈla.ʔa/, /ˈla.ʔaˤ/
Etymology: From Arabic لَقِيَ (laqiya, “to meet”). The unetymological final għ was triggered by the influence of q on the following vowel; compare baqa’. The etymological past participle milqi is preserved in the placename San Pawl Milqi (literally “St. Paul welcomed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|لَقِيَ|t=to meet}} Arabic لَقِيَ (laqiya, “to meet”), {{m|mt|għ}} għ, {{m|mt|q}} q, {{m|mt|baqa'}} baqa’, {{m|mt||milqi}} milqi, {{m|mt|San Pawl Milqi|lit=St. Paul welcomed}} San Pawl Milqi (literally “St. Paul welcomed”) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jilqa'|milqugħ}} laqa’ (imperfect jilqa’, past participle milqugħ) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|lqajt|lqajt|laqa'|laqgħet|lqajna|lqajtu|laqgħu|nilqa'|tilqa'|jilqa'|tilqa'|nilqgħu|tilqgħu|jilqgħu|ilqa'|ilqgħu}} Forms: laqa’ [canonical], jilqa’ [imperfect], milqugħ [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], lqajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], lqajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], laqa’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], lqajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], lqajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], laqgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], lqajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], lqajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], laqgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], lqajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], lqajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], laqgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nilqa’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tilqa’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jilqa’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nilqgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tilqgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jilqgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nilqa’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tilqa’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tilqa’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nilqgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tilqgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jilqgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ilqa’ [imperative, second-person, singular], ilqgħu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to welcome; to receive guests Synonyms: rċieva
    Sense id: en-laqa'-mt-verb-BYf53aTS
  2. to accept (usually something offered one) Synonyms: aċċetta
    Sense id: en-laqa'-mt-verb-xENsznXc Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 19 81

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      "ipa": "/ˈla.ʔa/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.ʔaˤ/"
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  "word": "laqa'"
}

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