yapat

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَا أَبَتِي (yā ʔabatī, “O my father!”).

Noun

yapát m (plural yapatát)

  1. father
    yapati paca o sapi ― my father is still young at heart

Usage notes

  • The singular of this word is used exclusively in the construct state. It always appears with a possessive suffix, as in yapáti (“my father”) or yapátak (“your father”).

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 135
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