"x'" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "*iex"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "xiex"
      },
      "expansion": "xiex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "أَيّ شَيْء",
        "t": "what thing"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَيّ شَيْء (ʔayy šayʔ, “what thing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آش",
        "tr": "āš"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آش (āš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "إيش",
        "tr": "ēš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acm",
        "2": "-شِ",
        "tr": "šə"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqi Arabic -شِ (šə)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of earlier *iex (compare the reduplicated form xiex), from Arabic أَيّ شَيْء (ʔayy šayʔ, “what thing”), whence also Moroccan Arabic آش (āš), Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), Iraqi Arabic -شِ (šə).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "x’",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "x’",
      "name": "mt-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "id": "en-x'-mt-pron-dJqywNBs",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "x’inhu"
        },
        {
          "word": "xiex"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "used before a consonant cluster; also a related but distinct word",
          "word": "xi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "x'"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "*iex"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "xiex"
      },
      "expansion": "xiex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "أَيّ شَيْء",
        "t": "what thing"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَيّ شَيْء (ʔayy šayʔ, “what thing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آش",
        "tr": "āš"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آش (āš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "إيش",
        "tr": "ēš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acm",
        "2": "-شِ",
        "tr": "šə"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqi Arabic -شِ (šə)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of earlier *iex (compare the reduplicated form xiex), from Arabic أَيّ شَيْء (ʔayy šayʔ, “what thing”), whence also Moroccan Arabic آش (āš), Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), Iraqi Arabic -شِ (šə).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "x’",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "x’",
      "name": "mt-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "x’inhu"
    },
    {
      "word": "xiex"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese pronouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "used before a consonant cluster; also a related but distinct word",
      "word": "xi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "x'"
}