aɣrum
Tarifit
Etymology
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Noun
aɣrum m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | aɣrum | — |
| construct state | weɣrum | — |
Tashelhit
Etymology
From Proto-Berber *a-ɣrum, from Punic [Term?], or Hebrew קרום (“crust (bread), skin”).
Cognates include Tuareg aɣrum (“bread crust, crust in general”), Tarifit aɣrum (“bread”), Northern Saharan Berber aɣrum (“bread”), Nefusa aɣrum (“bread”), and Kabyle aɣrum (“bread”).
Noun
aɣrum m (usually uncountable, feminine equivalent taɣrumt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ, Arabic spelling آغروم)
- bread
- Synonym: tangult
- tajmmaɛt a ijrdn aġrum. ― it was chatting that burnt the bread.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | aɣrum | iɣrman, iɣrumn |
| construct state | uɣrum | iɣrman, iɣrumn |
Derived terms
- aɣrum iktin (“sourdough bread”)
- aɣrum imlan (“a type of thick pancake”)
- aɣrum n tfarnut (“oven bread”)
- aɣrum ur iktin (“unleavened bread”)
- buɣrum (“baker”)
References
- Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 171a
- Werner Vycichl (1952), “Punischer Spracheinfluss im Berberischen”, in James F. Osborne, editor, Journal of Near Eastern Studies[1] (in German), volume 11, number 3, The University of Chicago Press, page 200