xilef

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-f
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَفَ (ḥalafa).

Verb

xilef I (present pkyaxlef)

1. to swear, to take an oath

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 209