ɣer
Kabyle
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ɣ-r (calling) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ) or Biblical Hebrew קָרָא (qārāʾ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁərˤ/
Verb
ɣer (verbal noun taɣuri or tiɣri or tiɣrin or tuɣrin)
- to read
- Qqareɣ taktabt. ― I'm reading a book.
- to study
- Yeɣra di trumit. ― He has studied French.
- to call (for)
- Yeɣr-iyi-d. ― He called for me.
- Qqaren-as Kamal. ― His name is Kamal. (literally, “They call him Kamal.”)
Usage notes
- The verb, when used as an introduction to a person's name, is inflected in the third-person plural masculine, and the person being named incurs the corresponding indirect object affix on the verb.
Alternative forms
- ɣeṛ
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Berber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁərˤ/, /ʁər/
Preposition
ɣer
Alternative forms
- ɣeṛ, ɣel
References
- Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
- Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France
Senhaja de Srair
| Root |
|---|
| ɣ-r |
| 1 term |
Alternative forms
- ɣeṛ
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ) or Biblical Hebrew קָרָא (qārāʾ)}.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁər/, /ʁərˤ/
Verb
ɣer (verbal noun leqraya, Tifinagh spelling ⵖⴻⵔ)
- (intransitive) to study
- Iqqar. ― He is studying.
- (intransitive) to read
- (intransitive) to call
- Synonym: ɛeyyed
- (intransitive) to shout
See also
- (verbal noun) leqraya (“study”)
- qari (“studying, reading; knowledgeable”)
- (causative) sɣer (“to teach”)
- (passive) tteqra (“to be studied”)