Cypriot Arabic edit

Root
x-f-f
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَفَّ (ḥaffa).

Verb edit

xaff I (present pixoff)

  1. to rub
  2. to grate

References edit

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205