lḥruf ugmmay

Tashelhit

Etymology

From lḥruf +‎ agmmay. Calque of Arabic حُرُوف هِجَاء (ḥurūf hijāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lħruf uɡmːaj/

Noun

lḥruf ugmmay pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵃⵔⵓⴼ ⵓⴳⵎⵎⴰⵢ, Arabic spelling لحروف اوڭمّاي)

  1. alphabet
    Synonyms: id lif, lifbita
    شقّان لحروف وڭمّاي ن تعيبريت.
    cqqan lḥruf ugmmay n tɛibrit.
    the Hebrew alphabet is hard.
  • agmmay (“spelling”)
  • gmi (“to spell”)
  • id lif (“alphabet”)
  • lḥrf (“letter”)

Descendants

  • → Kabyle: agemmay (“alphabet”)
  • → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵓⴳⵎⵎⴰⵢ (iskkiln n ugmmay, “alphabet”)

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 1396b
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