xileş

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
x-l-ş
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حَلَشَ (ḥalaša).

Verb

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xileş I (present pkyaxloş) (transitive)

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

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 208
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