isfet

Cypriot Arabic

Root
s-f-d
4 terms

Etymology

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Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
Cypriot Arabic isfet

    Inherited from Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

    Adjective

    isfet (feminine sawta, common plural sut)

    1. black
      zaytún sut ― black olives

    References

    • Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 278
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