xabb

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
x-b-b
2 terms

Etymology 1

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From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).

Verb

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xabb I (present pixubb) (transitive)

  1. to love

Etymology 2

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From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

Noun

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xabb m

  1. love

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 193