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},
{
"form": "nselli",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"masculine",
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"feminine",
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"form": "sellejniex",
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"form": "sellejtux",
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{
"form": "sellietx",
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"form": "nsellix",
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],
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{
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}
],
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}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: intransitive, + għal",
"path": [
"sella"
],
"section": "Maltese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "sella",
"trace": ""
}
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