شقلب

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From شَـ (ša-, once-productive causative prefix) +‎ قَلَب (ʔalab, “to flip”). Cognate to Maltese xaqleb.

Pronunciation

Verb

شَقْلَب • (šaʔlab) Iq (non-past يْشَقْلِب (yšaʔlib), verbal noun شَقْلَبِة (šaʔlabe) or تْشِقْلُب (tšiʔlub), active participle مْشَقْلَب (mšaʔlab) or مْشَقْلِب (mšaʔlib), passive participle مْشَقْلَب (mšaʔlab))

  1. (transitive) to flip, to flip something over

Derived terms

  • بِالشَّقْلُوب (biš-šaʔlūb, “upside-down; backwards”)
  • تْشَقْلَب (tšaʔlab, “to tumble, to flip upside-down, to do a flip”)
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