Arabic-L:LING: 9afak query

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: John Leake <J.E.S.Leake at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: 9afak query

Could anyone assist me with the precise meaning of the (I think) Syrian
colloquial verb /9afaq/ (9 = 9ain), which I've not found in any lexicon,
including two Syrian dialect dictionaries.  The context is that of an
9aud tutorial, published in Aleppo. An illustration follows:

kay naHSul 9alaa 9alaamat <MI>, na9f?q bi-l-'aSba9 al-thanii.

I don't know whether it's relevant, but the Syriac (suryaani) verb
9appeq means to embrace.

John Leake

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