"n-" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "نَ",
        "pos": "first-person plural imperfect prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix). The use also for the first-person singular is found in Maghrebi Arabic dialects.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "n-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "n- + kiteb (“he wrote”) → nikteb (“I write”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "First-person prefix in the imperfect conjugation"
      ],
      "id": "en-n--mt-prefix-Covp6006",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "na-"
        },
        {
          "word": "ne-"
        },
        {
          "word": "ni-"
        },
        {
          "english": "depending on syllable structure",
          "word": "no-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "n-"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "article"
      },
      "expansion": "n-",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "il-"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of il-"
      ],
      "id": "en-n--mt-article-81t2ofWr",
      "links": [
        [
          "il-",
          "il-#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "n-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese articles",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese prefixes",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "نَ",
        "pos": "first-person plural imperfect prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix). The use also for the first-person singular is found in Maghrebi Arabic dialects.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "n-",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "n- + kiteb (“he wrote”) → nikteb (“I write”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "First-person prefix in the imperfect conjugation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "na-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ni-"
    },
    {
      "english": "depending on syllable structure",
      "word": "no-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "n-"
}

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    "Maltese articles",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "article"
      },
      "expansion": "n-",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "il-"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of il-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "il-",
          "il-#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "n-"
}