TY - JOUR TI - The Folktale of Saint George and il-Xi?ir: A Text in Christian Arabic of is-Swayd? (Samanda?) in the Turkish Hatay Province KW - Antiochia Arabic KW - Christian Arabic KW - folktale KW - Hatay KW - pausal form KW - Saint George KW - Samanda? KW - is-Swayd? KW - Turkey KW - il-Xi?ir SP - 121 N2 - This article presents a text in Christian Arabic, a dialect used by a small community in the town of is-Swaydi? (Samandag?), in Hatay Province, Turkey. The recorded text refers to the figure of il-Xid?ir whose pilgrimage site is located in Samandag?. Christians believe that il-Xid?ir and Saint George are the same person. Apart from the transcription of the text, this article includes its translation and grammatical commentary focused on vowels, pausal forms, and assimilations. UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/25636/ Y1 - 2016/// IS - 2 AV - public PB - Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa SN - 0080-3545 A1 - Klimiuk, Maciej JF - Rocznik Orientalistyczny CY - Warszawa EP - 133 ID - heidok25636 VL - 69 ER -