"xellef" meaning in Maltese

See xellef in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛl.lɛf/
Etymology: Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|-}} Arabic, {{cog|apc|شلف|t=to throw|tr=šalaf}} North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”), {{cal|mt|en|chip|nocap=1}} calque of English chip Head templates: {{mt-verb|jxellef|mxellef|vn=tixlif}} xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif) Forms: jxellef [imperfect], mxellef [participle, past], tixlif [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], xellift [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xellift [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xellef [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xellifna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xelliftu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xellfu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xellift [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xellift [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xellfet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xellifna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xelliftu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xellfu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxellef [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxellef [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxellef [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxellfu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxellfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxellfu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxellef [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxellef [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxellef [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxellfu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxellfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxellfu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xellef [imperative, second-person, singular], xellfu [imperative, plural, second-person], xelliftx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xelliftx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xellifx [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xellifniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xelliftux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xellfux [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xelliftx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xelliftx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xellfitx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xellifniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xelliftux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xellfux [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxellifx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxellifx [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxellifx [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxellfux [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxellfux [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxellfux [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxellifx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxellifx [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxellifx [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxellfux [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxellfux [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxellfux [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xxellifx [imperative, second-person, singular], xxellfux [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to chip, to hew off a piece from
    Sense id: en-xellef-mt-verb-SqNEAqAk
  2. (figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-xellef-mt-verb-xYt7L~UK
  3. (figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-xellef-mt-verb-c1yKXVNA
  4. (soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply) Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-xellef-mt-verb-lGHB0QoD Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 9 14 22 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 15 21 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 11 67 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: xellef difru 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "xellef difru"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Arabic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "form": "jxellef",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxellef",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "tixlif",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "g",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xellift",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "nxellfu",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xxellfu",
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      "form": "nxellfu",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "xellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xellifniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xelliftux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xellfitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellifniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xxellifx",
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      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxellef",
        "2": "mxellef",
        "vn": "tixlif"
      },
      "expansion": "xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chip, to hew off a piece from"
      ],
      "id": "en-xellef-mt-verb-SqNEAqAk",
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "hew",
          "hew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-xellef-mt-verb-xYt7L~UK",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "compromise",
          "compromise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reduce (a price, wage)"
      ],
      "id": "en-xellef-mt-verb-c1yKXVNA",
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Football (soccer)",
          "orig": "mt:Football (soccer)",
          "parents": [
            "Football",
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 14 22 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 15 21 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 11 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)"
      ],
      "id": "en-xellef-mt-verb-lGHB0QoD",
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛl.lɛf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xellef"
}

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    "Maltese form-II verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese sound form-II verbs",
    "Maltese sound verbs",
    "Maltese terms calqued from English",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms derived from English",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "xellef difru"
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "perfect",
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        "third-person"
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        "masculine",
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        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "xellift",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "xellift",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellifna",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellifniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfitx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellifniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xelliftux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellifx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxellfux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxellef",
        "2": "mxellef",
        "vn": "tixlif"
      },
      "expansion": "xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chip, to hew off a piece from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ],
        [
          "hew",
          "hew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "compromise",
          "compromise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reduce (a price, wage)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "chip",
          "chip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛl.lɛf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xellef"
}

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