"qatta'" meaning in Maltese

See qatta' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʔat.ta/, /ˈʔat.taˤ/ [archaic]
Etymology: From Arabic قَطَّعَ (qaṭṭaʕa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|قَطَّعَ}} Arabic قَطَّعَ (qaṭṭaʕa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jqatta'|mqatta'||taqtigħ|vn2=tqattigħ}} qatta’ (imperfect jqatta’, past participle mqatta’, verbal noun taqtigħ or tqattigħ) Forms: qatta’ [canonical], jqatta’ [imperfect], mqatta’ [participle, past], taqtigħ [noun-from-verb], tqattigħ [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], qattajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qattajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qatta’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qattajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qattajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qattgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qattajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qattajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qattgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qattajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qattajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qattgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nqatta’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tqatta’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jqatta’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nqattgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tqattgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jqattgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nqatta’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tqatta’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tqatta’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nqattgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tqattgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jqattgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], qatta’ [imperative, second-person, singular], qattgħu [imperative, plural, second-person], qattajtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], qattajtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], qatta’x [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], qattajniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], qattajtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], qattgħux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], qattajtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], qattajtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], qattgħitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], qattajniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], qattajtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], qattgħux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nqatta’x [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tqatta’x [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jqatta’x [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nqattgħux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tqattgħux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jqattgħux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nqatta’x [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tqatta’x [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tqatta’x [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nqattgħux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tqattgħux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jqattgħux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tqatta’x [imperative, second-person, singular], tqattgħux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to cut to pieces
    Sense id: en-qatta'-mt-verb-XvuZadv3
  2. to mince
    Sense id: en-qatta'-mt-verb-P8CcAwYO
  3. to tear (cloth)
    Sense id: en-qatta'-mt-verb-zdlNwGbg
  4. to spend time
    Sense id: en-qatta'-mt-verb-KlqZ05~o Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 9 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 14 8 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 8 6 71
     
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      "form": "jqattgħu",
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      "form": "jqattgħu",
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      "form": "qatta’",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "qattgħu",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "qattajtx",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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        "perfect",
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      "form": "qattajtux",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "qattgħitx",
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        "feminine",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "nqatta’x",
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  "lang": "Maltese",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cut to pieces"
      ],
      "id": "en-qatta'-mt-verb-XvuZadv3",
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        [
          "cut",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tear (cloth)"
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      "id": "en-qatta'-mt-verb-zdlNwGbg",
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          "tear",
          "tear"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”",
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        "to spend time"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʔat.ta/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʔat.taˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "qatta (except archaically)"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jqattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqatta’",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jqattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qatta’",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattgħu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattgħitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqatta’x",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tqattgħux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jqatta'",
        "2": "mqatta'",
        "3": "",
        "4": "taqtigħ",
        "vn2": "tqattigħ"
      },
      "expansion": "qatta’ (imperfect jqatta’, past participle mqatta’, verbal noun taqtigħ or tqattigħ)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cut to pieces"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mince"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mince",
          "mince"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tear (cloth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spend time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spend time",
          "spend time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔat.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔat.taˤ/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "qatta (except archaically)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qatta'"
}

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