mpalas

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-l-s
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْبَلَصَ (inbalaṣa).

Verb

mpalas VII (present pkyíniples) (intransitive)

1. to be pressed, to be squashed, to be crashed
2. to be run over

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