sitce

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
s-t-c
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سَطَعَ (saṭaʕa).

Verb[edit]

sitce I (present pyístaca) (transitive)

  1. to touch
  2. to possess (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil)

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 270
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