"leħħ" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /lɛħ/
Rhymes: -ɛħ Etymology: From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|أَلَحَّ|t=to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place}} Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”) Head templates: {{mt-verbal noun|g=m|inst=leħħa}} leħħ m (instance noun leħħa)
  1. verbal noun of leħħ: flashing, flaring Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: leħħ (extra: flashing, flaring)
    Sense id: en-leħħ-mt-noun-reUabRig Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves

Verb

IPA: /lɛħ/
Rhymes: -ɛħ Etymology: From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|أَلَحَّ|t=to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place}} Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jleħħ|||leħħ}} leħħ (imperfect jleħħ, verbal noun leħħ) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|leħħejt|leħħejt|leħħ|leħħet|leħħejna|leħħejtu|leħħew|nleħħ|tleħħ|jleħħ|tleħħ|nleħħu|tleħħu|jleħħu|leħħ|leħħu}} Forms: jleħħ [imperfect], leħħ [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], leħħejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], leħħejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], leħħ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], leħħejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], leħħejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], leħħew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], leħħejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], leħħejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], leħħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], leħħejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], leħħejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], leħħew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nleħħ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tleħħ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jleħħ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nleħħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tleħħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jleħħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nleħħ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tleħħ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tleħħ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nleħħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tleħħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jleħħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], leħħ [imperative, second-person, singular], leħħu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to flash, flare
    Sense id: en-leħħ-mt-verb-lGO-bzR0
  2. (perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag
    Sense id: en-leħħ-mt-verb-~NOAtQT4 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 13 7 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 9 77

Inflected forms

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        "perfect",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "leħħ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leħħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "5": "leħħejna",
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        "8": "nleħħ",
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        "to flash, flare"
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        "to ask insistently, to nag"
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        "(perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛħ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛħ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leħħ"
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "leħħ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "second-person"
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        "to flash, flare"
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        ],
        [
          "flare",
          "flare"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask insistently, to nag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "nag",
          "nag"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "perhaps archaic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(perhaps archaic) to ask insistently, to nag"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛħ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛħ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leħħ"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese geminate form-I verbs",
    "Maltese geminate verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛħ",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛħ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَلَحَّ",
        "t": "to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "inst": "leħħa"
      },
      "expansion": "leħħ m (instance noun leħħa)",
      "name": "mt-verbal noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Forms linking to themselves",
        "Maltese verbal nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "flashing, flaring",
          "word": "leħħ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of leħħ: flashing, flaring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leħħ",
          "leħħ#Maltese"
        ],
        [
          "flashing",
          "flashing"
        ],
        [
          "flaring",
          "flaring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛħ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛħ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leħħ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for leħħ meaning in Maltese (6.4kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: instance noun leħħa",
  "path": [
    "leħħ"
  ],
  "section": "Maltese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leħħ",
  "trace": ""
}

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