ixf

• ixef
• iɣf

From Proto-Berber *e‐ɣăf (“head”).

ixf m (plural ixfawen, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ)

1. oneself

   Yewta ixf nnes. ― He hit himself.

2. summit, peak (of a mountain)

   Synonyms: azeǧif, tqiccat, řeɛři, rrageb, ssefq, aqwa

3. (rare) head

   Synonyms: azeǧif, aqiyyuɛ

• ايغڢ (iɣef) — Medieval Tashelhit

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايغڢ (iɣef, “head”), from Proto-Berber *e‐ɣăf (“head”), from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?], compare Arabic قَفًا (qafan, “back of the head”), Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܐ (qāp̄yā, “back of the neck”), and Migaama kúpó (“occiput”). See also Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”).

Cognates include Kabyle ixef (“head”), Northern Saharan Berber iɣef (“head”), Ghadames ēɣăf (“head”), Zenaga iʔf (“head”), and Tuareg éɣăf (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /iχf/

ixf m (plural ixfawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ, Arabic spelling ايخف)

1. head

   Synonyms: agayyu, aqllal

   ايخف يقّورن لا بودّ اد رژين.

   Ixf iqquṛn la budd ad rẓin.

   A hard head deserves to be broken.

2. oneself

   اينّا د يخف نّس. ― inna d ixf nns. ― He said to himself.

3. chief, leader

   Synonyms: amɣar, amzwar

   آمژن مدّن ايخفاون كابرنين.

   Amẓn mddn ixfawn kabrnin.

   People took the arrogant leaders.

4. end, extremity, tip

   Synonyms: tigira, tmmi

   ايخف وغاراس. ― ixf uġaras ― the end of the road

5. start, beginning

   غ يخف وسڭّاس. ― ixf usggas ― at the beginning of the new year

   ايخف ن وايّور. ― ixf n wayyur ― beginning of the month

6. intelligence, wit, attention

   Synonym: afulls

   دارس يخف. ― Dars ixf. ― He's intelligent.

• 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 1168b