"qabad" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʔa.bat/
Rhymes: -abat Etymology: From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|قَبَضَ}} Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jaqbad|maqbud||qbid}} qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid) Forms: jaqbad [imperfect], maqbud [participle, past], qbid [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], qbadt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qbadt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qabad [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qbadna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qbadtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qabdu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qbadt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qbadt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qabdet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qbadna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qbadtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qabdu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], naqbad [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], taqbad [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jaqbad [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], naqbdu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], taqbdu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jaqbdu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], naqbad [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], taqbad [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], taqbad [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], naqbdu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], taqbdu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jaqbdu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], aqbad [imperative, second-person, singular], aqbdu [imperative, plural, second-person], qbadtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qbadtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qabadx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qbadniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qbadtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qabdux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qbadtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qbadtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qabditx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qbadniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qbadtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qabdux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], naqbadx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], taqbadx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jaqbadx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], naqbdux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], taqbdux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jaqbdux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], naqbadx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], taqbadx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], taqbadx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], naqbdux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], taqbdux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jaqbdux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], taqbadx [imperative, second-person, singular], taqbdux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to catch; to grip
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-pAxYbPzu
  2. to catch (fish etc.)
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-6c6ZpJjq
  3. to capture; to arrest
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-EBDg7Yhf Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 14 14 8 8 7 7 12 8 8
  4. to be set on fire
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-xU~Zq63w Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 14 14 8 8 7 7 12 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 9 16 9 8 7 7 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 8 26 9 7 6 6 9 8 8
  5. to grasp; to apprehend
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-T3LWvDSX
  6. (with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-coCFJfcT
  7. (impersonal) to affect Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-60yoPqhO
  8. to strike root
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-IqXPUWHV
  9. to become popular
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-blmOuuMt Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 14 14 8 8 7 7 12 8 8
  10. to answer a call
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-nuDq2miH
  11. [with ma’] to tease, joke around with
    Sense id: en-qabad-mt-verb-7bMKroDc

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَبَضَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jaqbad",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maqbud",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbid",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabditx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jaqbad",
        "2": "maqbud",
        "3": "",
        "4": "qbid"
      },
      "expansion": "qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to grip"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-pAxYbPzu",
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch (fish etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-6c6ZpJjq",
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to capture; to arrest"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-EBDg7Yhf",
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ],
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 14 14 8 8 7 7 12 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 9 16 9 8 7 7 9 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 8 26 9 7 6 6 9 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be set on fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-xU~Zq63w",
      "links": [
        [
          "set on fire",
          "set on fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp; to apprehend"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-T3LWvDSX",
      "links": [
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "apprehend",
          "apprehend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              147,
              152
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "New International Version translation: Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: […]",
          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:1–2:",
          "text": "Kif ra l-folol, Ġesù tala’ fuq il-muntanja, qagħad bilqiegħda, u resqu lejh id-dixxipli tiegħu. Fetaħ fommu u qabad jgħallimhom u jgħid: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start to; to begin to"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-coCFJfcT",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with following imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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              14,
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          ],
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              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am feeling hungry.",
          "literal_meaning": "The hunger is affecting me.",
          "text": "qabadni l-ġuħ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to affect"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-60yoPqhO",
      "links": [
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal) to affect"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to strike root"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-IqXPUWHV",
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 14 14 8 8 7 7 12 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become popular"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-blmOuuMt",
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to answer a call"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-nuDq2miH",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              8,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He kept joking around with her until she got really irritated.",
          "text": "Baqa’ jaqbad magħha sakemm qabżitilha.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with ma’] to tease, joke around with"
      ],
      "id": "en-qabad-mt-verb-7bMKroDc",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":ma’"
          },
          "expansion": "[with ma’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "ma’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tease",
          "tease"
        ],
        [
          "joke around",
          "joke around"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.bat/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qabad"
}

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    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese sound form-I verbs",
    "Maltese sound verbs",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/abat",
    "Rhymes:Maltese/abat/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَبَضَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jaqbad",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maqbud",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbid",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqbad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aqbdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabditx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qbadtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qabdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbadx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taqbdux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jaqbad",
        "2": "maqbud",
        "3": "",
        "4": "qbid"
      },
      "expansion": "qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to grip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch (fish etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to capture; to arrest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ],
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be set on fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set on fire",
          "set on fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp; to apprehend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "apprehend",
          "apprehend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              147,
              152
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              110,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "english": "New International Version translation: Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: […]",
          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:1–2:",
          "text": "Kif ra l-folol, Ġesù tala’ fuq il-muntanja, qagħad bilqiegħda, u resqu lejh id-dixxipli tiegħu. Fetaħ fommu u qabad jgħallimhom u jgħid: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start to; to begin to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with following imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese impersonal verbs",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am feeling hungry.",
          "literal_meaning": "The hunger is affecting me.",
          "text": "qabadni l-ġuħ.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to affect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal) to affect"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to strike root"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become popular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to answer a call"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              8,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He kept joking around with her until she got really irritated.",
          "text": "Baqa’ jaqbad magħha sakemm qabżitilha.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with ma’] to tease, joke around with"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":ma’"
          },
          "expansion": "[with ma’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "ma’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tease",
          "tease"
        ],
        [
          "joke around",
          "joke around"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔa.bat/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qabad"
}

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