xileş

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-ş
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَشَ (ḥalaša).

Verb

xileş I (present pkyaxloş) (transitive)

1. to reap (by hand)
2. to pull out

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 208