"mess" meaning in Maltese

See mess in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛs/
Etymology: From Arabic مَسّ (mass). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mt|verbal noun}}, {{inh|mt|ar|مَسّ}} Arabic مَسّ (mass) Head templates: {{mt-verbal noun|g=m|inst=messa}} mess m (instance noun messa)
  1. verbal noun of mess: Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb, transitive Form of: mess
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-noun-e5Qdn5oG Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
  2. verbal noun of mess:
    touch
    Tags: masculine, transitive
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-noun-iYWti1~b Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mɛs/
Etymology: From Arabic مَسَّ (massa). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mt|verb}}, {{inh|mt|ar|مَسَّ}} Arabic مَسَّ (massa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jmiss|mimsus|vn=mess}} mess (imperfect jmiss, past participle mimsus, verbal noun mess), {{tlb|mt|transitive}} (transitive) Forms: jmiss [imperfect], mimsus [participle, past], mess [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], messejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], messejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], mess [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], messejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], messejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], messew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], messejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], messejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], messet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], messejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], messejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], messew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], mmiss [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tmiss [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jmiss [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], mmissu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tmissu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jmissu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], mmiss [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tmiss [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tmiss [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], mmissu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tmissu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jmissu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], miss [imperative, second-person, singular], missu [imperative, plural, second-person], messejtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], messejtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], messx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], messejniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], messejtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], messewx [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], messejtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], messejtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], messitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], messejniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], messejtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], messewx [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], mmissx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tmissx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jmissx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], mmissux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tmissux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jmissux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], mmissx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tmissx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tmissx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], mmissux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tmissux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jmissux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tmissx [imperative, second-person, singular], tmissux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to touch Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-verb-lk95B6zw
  2. (figurative) to touch, to affect Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-verb-laxanra~
  3. (auxiliary) Used to indicate duty or obligation: ought; should Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-verb-lJgXOKSO
  4. (auxiliary) Used in conditional or counterfactual statements to show relief that one didn't do something that would have led to a bad or regrettable result. Tags: auxiliary, transitive
    Sense id: en-mess-mt-verb-VykQP2n7 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 6 15 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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          "english": "You should have told me.",
          "text": "Missek għedtli.",
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      "form": "miss",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "messx",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "messejniex",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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          "english": "You should have told me.",
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        "Used in conditional or counterfactual statements to show relief that one didn't do something that would have led to a bad or regrettable result."
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        "(auxiliary) Used in conditional or counterfactual statements to show relief that one didn't do something that would have led to a bad or regrettable result."
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      "ipa": "/mɛs/"
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  ],
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}

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    {
      "ipa": "/mɛs/"
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}

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

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