mixpi

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
x-p-y
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مَبْكِيّ (mabkiyy).

Adjective

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mixpi (feminine mixpie, common plural mixpín)

  1. weeping, inclined to weeping

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 164