"nuqqas" meaning in Maltese

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "نُقْصان",
        "t": "lack"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic نُقْصان (nuqṣān, “lack”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from nieqes (“lacking”), naqas (“to decrease”), perhaps as an alteration of Arabic نُقْصان (nuqṣān, “lack”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nuqqasijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "nuqqasijiet"
      },
      "expansion": "nuqqas m (plural nuqqasijiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lack, shortage"
      ],
      "id": "en-nuqqas-mt-noun-IKRVGmbx",
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "shortage",
          "shortage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nuʔˈʔaːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuqqas"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "نُقْصان",
        "t": "lack"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic نُقْصان (nuqṣān, “lack”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from nieqes (“lacking”), naqas (“to decrease”), perhaps as an alteration of Arabic نُقْصان (nuqṣān, “lack”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nuqqasijiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "nuqqasijiet"
      },
      "expansion": "nuqqas m (plural nuqqasijiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese masculine nouns",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lack, shortage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "shortage",
          "shortage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nuʔˈʔaːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuqqas"
}