ɣar

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (ɣar, ɣruuna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣar/

Noun

ɣar f (Perso-Arabic spelling غر)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. mountain top

Inflection

i-decl (Obl, pl): -í, ((Pl)): ɣrúuna

References

  • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “ɣar”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Tarifit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ).

Verb

ɣar (verbal noun tiɣri or tɣuri, Tifinagh spelling ⵖⴰⵔ)

  1. (transitive) to read
  2. (transitive) to learn, to study
    Synonym: řmed
  3. (intransitive) to be educated, to be literate
    War yeɣri ca. ― He is not educated.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ɣar
aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective
participle iɣaren yeɣran yeɣrin yeqqaren yeqqaren
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aorist m ɣareɣ teɣared iɣar neɣar teɣarem ɣaren
f teɣar teɣarent ɣarent
perfective m ɣriɣ, ɣraɣ teɣrid, teɣrad yeɣri, yeɣra neɣri, neɣra teɣrim, teɣram ɣrin, ɣran
f teɣri, teɣra teɣrint, teɣrant ɣrint, ɣrant
negative perfective m ɣriɣ teɣrid yeɣri neɣri teɣrim ɣrin
f teɣri teɣrint ɣrint
imperfective m qqareɣ teqqared yeqqar neqqar teqqarem qqaren
f teqqar teqqarent qqarent
negative imperfective m qqareɣ teqqared yeqqar neqqar teqqarem qqaren
f teqqar teqqarent qqarent
aorist imperative m ɣar ɣarem, ɣaret
f ɣarent
imperfective imperative m qqar qqarem, qqaret
f qqarent
Derived terms
  • (causative) ssɣar (“to teach; to instruct”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Preposition

ɣar (Tifinagh spelling ⵖⴰⵔ)

  2. location marker
    1. to, at
      Iruḥ ɣar yeɣzar. ― He went to the river.
    2. indicates possession: to have
      Ɣar-i ṭṭumubin. ― I have a car.
    3. indicates prohibition or warning: don't, must not, watch out
      Ɣar-c! ― Watch out!
      Ɣar-c a teffɣed. ― Don't go out.

Adverb

ɣar (Tifinagh spelling ⵖⴰⵔ)

  1. only
    Synonym: waha
    Ǧa ɣar-sen ɣar malṭa. ― They only had a blanket.
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