xakk

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
x-k-k (scratch)
2 terms

From Arabic حَكَّ (ḥakka).

Verb

xakk I (present pixokk) (transitive)

1. to scratch

Etymology 2

Root
x-k-k (scratch)
2 terms

From Arabic حَكّ (ḥakk).

Noun

xakk m

1. verbal noun of xakk: scratching

Etymology 3

Root
x-k-k (due)
2 terms

From Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

Noun

xakk m

1. one's right or due

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206