id lif

Tashelhit

Etymology

From id (plural marker) + lif (alif), literally the alifs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /id lif/

Noun

id lif pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷ ⵍⵉⴼ, Arabic spelling ايد ليف)

  1. alphabet
    Synonyms: lḥruf ugmmay, lifbita
    ژر منشك يهيّا يد ليف ن ليبّيكو.
    ẓr mnck ihyya id lif n llibiku.
    look at how good the Libyco-Berber alphabet is.
  • agmmay (spelling)
  • amḥas (vowel)
  • gmi (to spell)
  • lḥrf (letter)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1407a