"silġ" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ثَلْج"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj). Maltese s- (instead of expected t-) may be due to irregular assimilation of [θ] to the following alveolar [l]. The subsequent dissimilation š- → s- under the influence of following -j- would be less surprising (compare e.g. siġra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silġa",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silġiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "New International Version translation: when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,",
          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 6:16:",
          "text": "Li jkunu mqallgħin bil-ħalla tas-silġ, xħin togħdos fihom il-borra.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice; hail"
      ],
      "id": "en-silġ-mt-noun-WOCKtn7q",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ],
        [
          "hail",
          "hail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
          "text": "U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred\nbir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen\nil-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,\nu rix mitbiela,",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snow"
      ],
      "id": "en-silġ-mt-noun-p0YiLwnY",
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "borra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪlt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silġ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese collective nouns",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ثَلْج"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj). Maltese s- (instead of expected t-) may be due to irregular assimilation of [θ] to the following alveolar [l]. The subsequent dissimilation š- → s- under the influence of following -j- would be less surprising (compare e.g. siġra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "silġa",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silġiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "New International Version translation: when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,",
          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 6:16:",
          "text": "Li jkunu mqallgħin bil-ħalla tas-silġ, xħin togħdos fihom il-borra.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice; hail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ],
        [
          "hail",
          "hail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
          "text": "U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred\nbir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen\nil-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,\nu rix mitbiela,",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "borra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪlt͡ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silġ"
}