"wisq" meaning in Maltese

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وُسْع",
        "t": "that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "load",
        "3": "a load of",
        "t": "much"
      },
      "expansion": "English a load of (“much”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”), with a rare shift from għ to q, which however could be accounted for in this phonetic position. Alternatively from وَسْق (wasq, “freight, load”); compare semantically English a load of (“much”).",
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "mt-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi\ngħax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.\ngħax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek\nu dalgħodu stenbaħt\nb’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel\nu d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,\nu kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,\nu l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu\nbl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "too, too much (more than is appropriate)"
      ],
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        [
          "too",
          "too"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "highly, extremely (very much)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wisq-mt-adv-zbpK5B-i",
      "links": [
        [
          "highly",
          "highly"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪsʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wisq"
}

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    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وُسْع",
        "t": "that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "load",
        "3": "a load of",
        "t": "much"
      },
      "expansion": "English a load of (“much”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”), with a rare shift from għ to q, which however could be accounted for in this phonetic position. Alternatively from وَسْق (wasq, “freight, load”); compare semantically English a load of (“much”).",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wisq",
      "name": "mt-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi\ngħax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.\ngħax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek\nu dalgħodu stenbaħt\nb’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel\nu d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,\nu kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,\nu l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu\nbl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "too, too much (more than is appropriate)"
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          "much",
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        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "highly, extremely (very much)"
      ],
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        [
          "highly",
          "highly"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪsʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wisq"
}