xabb

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-b-b
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).

Verb

xabb I (present pixubb) (transitive)

1. to love

Etymology 2

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

Noun

xabb m

1. love

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 193