"twil" meaning in Maltese

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "طَوِيل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twila",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itwal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "comp": "itwal",
        "dim": "twajjel",
        "f": "twila",
        "p": "twal"
      },
      "expansion": "twil (feminine singular twila, plural twal, diminutive twajjel, comparative itwal)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In this forest there are a lot of tall trees.",
          "text": "F’din il-foresta hemm ħafna siġar twal."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Wara l-bibien,\nfit-tul tat-toroq twal,\nbatejt\nil-għeja\nil-qtigħ ta’ qalb,\nbatejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;\niżda ġarrabt ukoll\nil-ferħ u l-għaxqa\nli kull tallab iħoss\nx’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu\nbil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long; tall"
      ],
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        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You have had diabetes for a long time.",
          "text": "Int kellek id-dijabete għal żmien twil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long (in time)"
      ],
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        [
          "long",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twiːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twil"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
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    "Pages with entries"
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        "3": "طَوِيل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twila",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itwal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "itwal",
        "dim": "twajjel",
        "f": "twila",
        "p": "twal"
      },
      "expansion": "twil (feminine singular twila, plural twal, diminutive twajjel, comparative itwal)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In this forest there are a lot of tall trees.",
          "text": "F’din il-foresta hemm ħafna siġar twal."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Wara l-bibien,\nfit-tul tat-toroq twal,\nbatejt\nil-għeja\nil-qtigħ ta’ qalb,\nbatejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;\niżda ġarrabt ukoll\nil-ferħ u l-għaxqa\nli kull tallab iħoss\nx’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu\nbil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long; tall"
      ],
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        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "You have had diabetes for a long time.",
          "text": "Int kellek id-dijabete għal żmien twil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long (in time)"
      ],
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        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twiːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twil"
}