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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
Adverb
عالريق • (ʕar-rīq)
- on an empty stomach