ma' in Maltese

IPA: /maː/ Audio: LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-ma'.wav

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Etymology: From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, “with”). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|مَعَ||with}} Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, “with”) Head templates: {{mt-preposition}} ma’ Forms: ma’ [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], miegħi [first-person, singular], magħna [first-person, plural], miegħek [second-person, singular], magħkom [plural, second-person], miegħu [masculine, singular, third-person], magħha [feminine, singular, third-person], magħhom [plural, third-person], maċ- · mad- · man- [definite, feminine, masculine, xemxin-assimilation], maċ- · mad- · man- [definite, singular, xemxin-assimilation], maċ- · mad- · man- [definite, xemxin-assimilation], maċ- · mad- · man- [definite, feminine, masculine, singular, xemxin-assimilation], mar- · mas- · mat- · [definite, feminine, masculine, xemxin-assimilation], mar- · mas- · mat- · [definite, singular, xemxin-assimilation], mar- · mas- · mat- · [definite, xemxin-assimilation], mar- · mas- · mat- · [definite, feminine, masculine, singular, xemxin-assimilation], max- · maz- · maż- [definite, feminine, masculine, xemxin-assimilation], max- · maz- · maż- [definite, singular, xemxin-assimilation], max- · maz- · maż- [definite, xemxin-assimilation], max- · maz- · maż- [definite, feminine, masculine, singular, xemxin-assimilation], mal- [qamrin-unassimilation]

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَعَ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "with"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, “with”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, “with”).",
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    {
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miegħi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magħna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miegħek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magħkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miegħu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magħha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magħhom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
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        "definite",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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        "definite",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mal-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "qamrin-unassimilation"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "word": "madwar"
        },
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          "word": "maġenb"
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        }
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          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
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        }
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        "with (comitative, concurrent)"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/maː/"
    },
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      "other": "/ma/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "ma"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "madwar"
    },
    {
      "word": "maġenb"
    },
    {
      "word": "matul"
    }
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "magħna",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miegħek",
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    {
      "form": "magħkom",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miegħu",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "magħhom",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
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        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
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        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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      "form": "maċ- · mad- · man-",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "definite",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mar- · mas- · mat- ·",
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        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "max- · maz- · maż-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "xemxin-assimilation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mal-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "qamrin-unassimilation"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "ma’",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
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        "Maltese prepositions",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
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          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
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        "with (comitative, concurrent)"
      ],
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          "with"
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}

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"ma'" meaning in Maltese

Preposition