ekef

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
'-k-f
1 term

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic وَقَفَ (waqafa).

Verb[edit]

ekef I (present pikáf) (intransitive)

  1. to stand, to stop, to stay, to remain, to end up

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic وَاقِف (wāqif).

Adjective[edit]

ekef (feminine ekfe, masculine plural ekfín)

  1. standing, stopping, remaining

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 469
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