maplus

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-l-s
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَبْلُوص (mablūṣ).

Adjective

maplús (feminine maplúsa, common plural maplusín)

1. pressed, crashed

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165