θabbet

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
θ-p-t
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic ثَبَّتَ (ṯabbata).

Verb

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θabbet II (present piθabbet) (transitive)

  1. (Christianity) to confirm (to confer the confirmation)

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 178