iɣes

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • ixs, iɣess

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *e-ɣăst.

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵖⵙ (iɣs, “bone”), Tashelhit ixss (“bone”), Kabyle iɣes (“bone”).

Noun

iɣes m (plural iɣsan or ixsan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⴻⵙ)

  1. bone, skeleton
  2. (by extension) seed, grain (of a fruit)

Declension

Inflection of iɣes
singular plural
free state iɣes iɣsan
construct state yiɣes yiɣsan
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