Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Arabic أَوَّل أَمْس (ʔawwal ʔams). By surface analysis, avel +‎ imps.

Adverb

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ávelimps

  1. the day before yesterday

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148