See qalb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "qalb minfuda b’sejf in-niket"
},
{
"word": "qalbieni"
},
{
"word": "qalbu sewda"
}
],
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"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
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},
{
"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar\nu l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur\nħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira\nqalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
"text": "Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta\nli dejjem ta’ kull sena\ntitwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,\nu kull April tinbena,",
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"heart"
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[
"heart",
"heart"
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"(also anatomy) heart"
],
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{
"word": "qalba"
}
],
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"medicine",
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]
}
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"ipa": "/ʔalp/"
}
],
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"word": "qalb minfuda b’sejf in-niket"
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"word": "qalbieni"
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"word": "qalbu sewda"
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"forms": [
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"form": "qlub",
"tags": [
"plural"
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
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"table-tags"
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},
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"form": "mt-infl-noun-auto",
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{
"form": "qalbi",
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"form": "qalbna",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "qalbek",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "qalbkom",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
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{
"form": "qalbu",
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"masculine",
"singular",
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"form": "qalbha",
"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "qalbhom",
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"plural",
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"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar\nu l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur\nħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira\nqalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
"text": "Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta\nli dejjem ta’ kull sena\ntitwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,\nu kull April tinbena,",
"type": "quote"
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],
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"heart"
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],
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"heart",
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],
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"(also anatomy) heart"
],
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"word": "qalba"
}
],
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],
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]
}
],
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],
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