ekef

Cypriot Arabic

Root
'-k-f
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَقَفَ (waqafa).

Verb

ekef I (present pikáf) (intransitive)

1. to stand, to stop, to stay, to remain, to end up

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَاقِف (wāqif).

Adjective

ekef (feminine ekfe, masculine plural ekfín)

1. standing, stopping, remaining

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 469