Wiktionary

xilef

Cypriot Arabic edit

Root
x-l-f
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَلَفَ (ḥalafa).

Verb edit

xilef I (present pkyaxlef)

  1. to swear, to take an oath

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 209
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