xabb

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
x-b-b
2 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

xabb I (present pixubb) (transitive)

  1. to love

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).

Noun[edit]

xabb m

  1. love

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 193