"xiegħel" meaning in Maltese

See xiegħel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɪː.jɛl/, /ˈʃɪː.jal/, /ˈʃɪː.əˤl/, /ˈʃɪː.ɣɛl/
Etymology: From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) and شَاغَلَ (šāḡala). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|شَغَّلَ}} Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jxiegħel|mxiegħel|vn=tixgħil}} xiegħel (imperfect jxiegħel, past participle mxiegħel, verbal noun tixgħil) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|xegħilt|xegħilt|xiegħel|xiegħlet|xegħilna|xegħiltu|xiegħlu|nxiegħel|xxiegħel|jxiegħel|xxiegħel|nxiegħlu|xxiegħlu|jxiegħlu|xiegħel|xiegħlu}} Forms: jxiegħel [imperfect], mxiegħel [participle, past], tixgħil [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], xegħilt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xegħilt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xiegħel [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xegħilna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xegħiltu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xiegħlu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xegħilt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xegħilt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xiegħlet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xegħilna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xegħiltu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xiegħlu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxiegħel [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxiegħel [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxiegħel [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxiegħlu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxiegħlu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxiegħlu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxiegħel [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxiegħel [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxiegħel [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxiegħlu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxiegħlu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxiegħlu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xiegħel [imperative, second-person, singular], xiegħlu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to employ
    Sense id: en-xiegħel-mt-verb-WyzfVUsH Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 28 35
  2. to keep occupied, to distract
    Sense id: en-xiegħel-mt-verb-uvvQr8j3 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 28 35
  3. to quieten
    Sense id: en-xiegħel-mt-verb-W2hKZ4Qc Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 33 29 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 28 35

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "شَغَّلَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) and شَاغَلَ (šāḡala).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jxiegħel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxiegħel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tixgħil",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/III",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxiegħel",
        "2": "mxiegħel",
        "vn": "tixgħil"
      },
      "expansion": "xiegħel (imperfect jxiegħel, past participle mxiegħel, verbal noun tixgħil)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xegħilt",
        "10": "jxiegħel",
        "11": "xxiegħel",
        "12": "nxiegħlu",
        "13": "xxiegħlu",
        "14": "jxiegħlu",
        "15": "xiegħel",
        "16": "xiegħlu",
        "2": "xegħilt",
        "3": "xiegħel",
        "4": "xiegħlet",
        "5": "xegħilna",
        "6": "xegħiltu",
        "7": "xiegħlu",
        "8": "nxiegħel",
        "9": "xxiegħel"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 29 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 28 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to employ"
      ],
      "id": "en-xiegħel-mt-verb-WyzfVUsH",
      "links": [
        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 29 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 28 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep occupied, to distract"
      ],
      "id": "en-xiegħel-mt-verb-uvvQr8j3",
      "links": [
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ],
        [
          "distract",
          "distract"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 29 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 28 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to quieten"
      ],
      "id": "en-xiegħel-mt-verb-W2hKZ4Qc",
      "links": [
        [
          "quieten",
          "quieten"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.jɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.jal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.əˤl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.ɣɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xiegħel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese form-III verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese sound form-III verbs",
    "Maltese sound verbs",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms spelled with Għ",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "شَغَّلَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) and شَاغَلَ (šāḡala).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jxiegħel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mxiegħel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tixgħil",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/III",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħilna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xegħiltu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jxiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xiegħlu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jxiegħel",
        "2": "mxiegħel",
        "vn": "tixgħil"
      },
      "expansion": "xiegħel (imperfect jxiegħel, past participle mxiegħel, verbal noun tixgħil)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xegħilt",
        "10": "jxiegħel",
        "11": "xxiegħel",
        "12": "nxiegħlu",
        "13": "xxiegħlu",
        "14": "jxiegħlu",
        "15": "xiegħel",
        "16": "xiegħlu",
        "2": "xegħilt",
        "3": "xiegħel",
        "4": "xiegħlet",
        "5": "xegħilna",
        "6": "xegħiltu",
        "7": "xiegħlu",
        "8": "nxiegħel",
        "9": "xxiegħel"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to employ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep occupied, to distract"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupied"
        ],
        [
          "distract",
          "distract"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to quieten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quieten",
          "quieten"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.jɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.jal/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.əˤl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪː.ɣɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xiegħel"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.