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{
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[
"صَفاء",
"صفاء#Arabic"
],
[
"-a",
"-a#Maltese"
]
],
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},
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}
],
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{
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"purity"
],
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[
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]
],
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"word": "purità"
}
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsa.fa/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-afa"
}
],
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}
{
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[
"صَفَا",
"صفا#Arabic"
],
[
"għ",
"għ#Maltese"
],
[
"sefa’",
"sefa'#Maltese"
],
[
"baqa’",
"baqa'#Maltese"
],
[
"laqa’",
"laqa'#Maltese"
],
[
"tema’",
"tema'#Maltese"
]
],
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{
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},
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}
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{
"form": "jisfa",
"tags": [
"imperfect"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "mt-conj-auto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "sfajt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "safa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
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]
},
{
"form": "sfajtu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "sfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajt",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfat",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajna",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"masculine",
"singular",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"third-person"
]
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"form": "sfajtx",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "safax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajniex",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtux",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "sfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "sfatx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajniex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtux",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "jisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"masculine",
"plural",
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"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "tisfawx",
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"plural",
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]
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},
"expansion": "safa (imperfect jisfa)",
"name": "mt-verb"
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{
"args": {
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},
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],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"_dis": "1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 23 1 2 2 22 3 21 7 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
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4,
12
]
],
"english": "She was left childless.",
"text": "Sfat bla wlied.",
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0,
4
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],
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],
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},
{
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46,
51
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],
"ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:",
"text": "u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,\nu jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,\nbi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni\nngħix ħajja waħdi.",
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}
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],
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]
],
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}
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsa.fa/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-afa"
}
],
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}
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"Maltese lemmas",
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"Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
"Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
"Maltese verbs",
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"Pages with entries",
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[
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],
[
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},
{
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
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"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
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{
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"first-person",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
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{
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"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajna",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
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{
"form": "sfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
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{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"masculine",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"form": "jisfaw",
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"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "nisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"feminine",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "tisfa",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "nisfaw",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
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{
"form": "tisfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "isfaw",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
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{
"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "safax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajniex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtux",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"first-person",
"perfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"perfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sfatx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajniex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"perfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sfajtux",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"perfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "jisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfax",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tisfawx",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "jisfa"
},
"expansion": "safa (imperfect jisfa)",
"name": "mt-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "I.ia"
},
"name": "mt-conj-auto"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Maltese terms with quotations",
"Maltese terms with usage examples",
"Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
4,
12
]
],
"english": "She was left childless.",
"text": "Sfat bla wlied.",
"translation": "She was left childless.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
14
]
],
"english": "They were left poor.",
"text": "Sfaw foqra.",
"translation": "They were left poor.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
46,
51
]
],
"ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:",
"text": "u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,\nu jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,\nbi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni\nngħix ħajja waħdi.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be left; to come to be in some undesired state"
],
"links": [
[
"left",
"left"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "sefa'"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsa.fa/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-afa"
}
],
"word": "safa"
}
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