"xebbah" meaning in Maltese

See xebbah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛb.baħ/ Audio: LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-xebbah.wav
Etymology: From Arabic شَبَّهَ (šabbaha). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|شَبَّهَ}} Arabic شَبَّهَ (šabbaha) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jxebbah|pp=mxebbah}} xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah) Forms: jxebbah [imperfect], mxebbah [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], xebbaht [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xebbaht [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbah [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xebbahtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xebbaht [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xebbaht [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbhet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xebbahtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxebbah [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxebbah [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxebbah [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxebbhu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxebbhu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxebbhu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxebbah [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxebbah [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxebbah [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxebbhu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxebbhu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxebbhu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xebbah [imperative, second-person, singular], xebbhu [imperative, plural, second-person], xebbahtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xebbahtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbahx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xebbahtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xebbahtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xebbahtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbhitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xebbahtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxebbahx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxebbahx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxebbahx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxebbhux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxebbhux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxebbhux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxebbahx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxebbahx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxebbahx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxebbhux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxebbhux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxebbhux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xxebbahx [imperative, second-person, singular], xxebbhux [imperative, plural, second-person], xebbaħ [alternative]
  1. to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative) Derived forms: ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek Related terms: qabbel
    Sense id: en-xebbah-mt-verb-E28bTBKo Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        "2": "ar",
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    {
      "form": "jxebbah",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxebbah",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "xebbaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "xebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "xebbahna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "xebbahtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "xebbhu",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "xebbaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "xebbahtu",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "xebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nxebbhu",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "xxebbhu",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "nxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "xxebbah",
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      "form": "nxebbhu",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "jxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "xebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "xebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "xebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xebbhitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xebbahniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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      "form": "xebbahtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "form": "xebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "jxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "nxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "nxebbhux",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbaħ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxebbah",
        "pp": "mxebbah"
      },
      "expansion": "xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He likened them to wolves.",
          "text": "Xebbahhom mal-ilpup."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "liken",
          "liken"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "similarity",
          "similarity#English"
        ],
        [
          "actual",
          "actual#English"
        ],
        [
          "figurative",
          "figurative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "qabbel"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛb.baħ/"
    },
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  "word": "xebbah"
}

{
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      "word": "ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek"
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  ],
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      "args": {
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      "form": "jxebbah",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
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    {
      "form": "mxebbah",
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbahtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbahx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxebbhux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xebbaħ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxebbah",
        "pp": "mxebbah"
      },
      "expansion": "xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "qabbel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese form-II verbs",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese sound form-II verbs",
        "Maltese sound verbs",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He likened them to wolves.",
          "text": "Xebbahhom mal-ilpup."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liken",
          "liken"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "similarity",
          "similarity#English"
        ],
        [
          "actual",
          "actual#English"
        ],
        [
          "figurative",
          "figurative#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛb.baħ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "xebbah"
}

Download raw JSONL data for xebbah meaning in Maltese (7.4kB)

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  "section": "Maltese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "xebbah",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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