sitce

Cypriot Arabic

Root
s-t-c
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَطَعَ (saṭaʕa).

Verb

sitce I (present pyístaca) (transitive)

1. to touch
2. to possess (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil)

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 270