"werżieq" meaning in Maltese

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلْوَلَ",
        "t": "to wail"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ber",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Berber",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kab",
        "2": "",
        "3": "warzigen"
      },
      "expansion": "Kabyle warzigen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb werżaq (“to scream, shriek”), which has a plausible origin in a blend of werwer + obsolete żagħaq, themselves from Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail”) + زَعَقَ (zaʕaqa, “to shout”). Werżieq would then be the agent noun of this verb (“screamer”). However, it is seems equally likely that the verb is in fact a backformation from the noun, which would in turn stem from Berber; compare Kabyle warzigen, arzigen, obsolete variants (each attested once near the end of the 19th c.) of contemporary awerǧeǧǧi, awerǧeǧǧin (“cidada”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wrieżaq",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "wrieżaq"
      },
      "expansion": "werżieq m (plural wrieżaq)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cricket"
      ],
      "id": "en-werżieq-mt-noun-ETTk9KE7",
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sarsur"
        },
        {
          "word": "grillu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛrˈzɪːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werżieq"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَلْوَلَ",
        "t": "to wail"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ber",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Berber",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kab",
        "2": "",
        "3": "warzigen"
      },
      "expansion": "Kabyle warzigen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb werżaq (“to scream, shriek”), which has a plausible origin in a blend of werwer + obsolete żagħaq, themselves from Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail”) + زَعَقَ (zaʕaqa, “to shout”). Werżieq would then be the agent noun of this verb (“screamer”). However, it is seems equally likely that the verb is in fact a backformation from the noun, which would in turn stem from Berber; compare Kabyle warzigen, arzigen, obsolete variants (each attested once near the end of the 19th c.) of contemporary awerǧeǧǧi, awerǧeǧǧin (“cidada”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wrieżaq",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "wrieżaq"
      },
      "expansion": "werżieq m (plural wrieżaq)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Maltese masculine nouns",
        "Maltese nouns",
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        "Maltese terms derived from Berber languages",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cricket"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sarsur"
        },
        {
          "word": "grillu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛrˈzɪːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werżieq"
}