عالريق

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَى ٱلرِّيقِ (ʕalā r-rīqi, “on an empty stomach”). By surface analysis, على (ʕla, “on”) +‎ الريق (er-rīq, “the saliva”), literally “on the saliva”. Compare Maltese għar-riq and Egyptian Arabic عالرايق (ʕar-rāyeʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.riːq/

Adverb

عالريق • (ʕar-rīq)

  1. on an empty stomach
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