θabbet

Cypriot Arabic

Root
θ-p-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَبَّتَ (ṯabbata).

Verb

θabbet II (present piθabbet) (transitive)

1. (Christianity) to confirm (to confer the confirmation)

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 178