"mexa" meaning in Maltese

See mexa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛ.ʃa/
Etymology: From Arabic مَشَى (mašā). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|مَشَى}} Arabic مَشَى (mašā) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jimxi|mimxi|miexi|mixi}} mexa (imperfect jimxi, past participle mimxi, active participle miexi, verbal noun mixi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|mxejt|mxejt|mexa|mxiet|mxejna|mxejtu|mxew|nimxi|timxi|jimxi|timxi|nimxu|timxu|jimxu|imxi|imxu}} Forms: jimxi [imperfect], mimxi [participle, past], miexi [active, participle], mixi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], mxejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], mxejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], mexa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], mxejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], mxejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], mxew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], mxejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], mxejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], mxiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], mxejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], mxejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], mxew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nimxi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], timxi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jimxi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nimxu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], timxu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jimxu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nimxi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], timxi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], timxi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nimxu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], timxu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jimxu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], imxi [imperative, second-person, singular], imxu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to walk
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-icLBTR14
  2. to move
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-tl5wN536
  3. to make progress
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-~EqDuei6
  4. to act properly
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-a6eN0eWG
  5. to follow in someone's footsteps [with fuq or wara]
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-rHnFHQz9 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 4 4 39 15 4 6 18 4
  6. to get on with [with ma’]
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-xpj8MeYL
  7. to follow [with wara]
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-h8oRCcyX
  8. to be in demand
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-EZBJe~0U
  9. to estimate damages
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-Yr~bRLLU
  10. to be feasible
    Sense id: en-mexa-mt-verb-0taMJ6S5

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
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      "expansion": "Arabic مَشَى (mašā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَشَى (mašā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jimxi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimxi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miexi",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mixi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-e-ii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mexa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jimxi",
        "2": "mimxi",
        "3": "miexi",
        "4": "mixi"
      },
      "expansion": "mexa (imperfect jimxi, past participle mimxi, active participle miexi, verbal noun mixi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mxejt",
        "10": "jimxi",
        "11": "timxi",
        "12": "nimxu",
        "13": "timxu",
        "14": "jimxu",
        "15": "imxi",
        "16": "imxu",
        "2": "mxejt",
        "3": "mexa",
        "4": "mxiet",
        "5": "mxejna",
        "6": "mxejtu",
        "7": "mxew",
        "8": "nimxi",
        "9": "timxi"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,\njirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:\nbini l-għatx u tawni nixrob\nminn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-icLBTR14",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-tl5wN536",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make progress"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-~EqDuei6",
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to act properly"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-a6eN0eWG",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "properly",
          "properly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 4 4 39 15 4 6 18 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow in someone's footsteps"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-rHnFHQz9",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":fuq/:wara"
          },
          "expansion": "[with fuq or wara]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "fuq",
              "wara"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow in someone's footsteps",
          "follow in someone's footsteps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow in someone's footsteps [with fuq or wara]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get on with"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-xpj8MeYL",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":ma'"
          },
          "expansion": "[with ma’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "ma’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get on with",
          "get on with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to get on with [with ma’]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to follow"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-h8oRCcyX",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":wara"
          },
          "expansion": "[with wara]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "wara"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow [with wara]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be in demand"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-EZBJe~0U",
      "links": [
        [
          "in demand",
          "in demand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to estimate damages"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-Yr~bRLLU",
      "links": [
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "damages",
          "damages"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be feasible"
      ],
      "id": "en-mexa-mt-verb-0taMJ6S5",
      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.ʃa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mexa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese final-weak form-I verbs",
    "Maltese final-weak verbs",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَشَى"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَشَى (mašā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَشَى (mašā).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "jimxi",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimxi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miexi",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mixi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-e-ii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mexa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jimxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imxi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imxu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jimxi",
        "2": "mimxi",
        "3": "miexi",
        "4": "mixi"
      },
      "expansion": "mexa (imperfect jimxi, past participle mimxi, active participle miexi, verbal noun mixi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mxejt",
        "10": "jimxi",
        "11": "timxi",
        "12": "nimxu",
        "13": "timxu",
        "14": "jimxu",
        "15": "imxi",
        "16": "imxu",
        "2": "mxejt",
        "3": "mexa",
        "4": "mxiet",
        "5": "mxejna",
        "6": "mxejtu",
        "7": "mxew",
        "8": "nimxi",
        "9": "timxi"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,\njirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:\nbini l-għatx u tawni nixrob\nminn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make progress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to act properly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "properly",
          "properly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to follow in someone's footsteps"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":fuq/:wara"
          },
          "expansion": "[with fuq or wara]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "fuq",
              "wara"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow in someone's footsteps",
          "follow in someone's footsteps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow in someone's footsteps [with fuq or wara]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get on with"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":ma'"
          },
          "expansion": "[with ma’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "ma’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get on with",
          "get on with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to get on with [with ma’]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to follow"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":wara"
          },
          "expansion": "[with wara]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "wara"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow [with wara]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be in demand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in demand",
          "in demand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to estimate damages"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
        ],
        [
          "damages",
          "damages"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be feasible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.ʃa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mexa"
}

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