mixpi

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-p-y
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَبْكِيّ (mabkiyy).

Adjective

mixpi (feminine mixpie, common plural mixpín)

1. weeping, inclined to weeping

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164