ẓil

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • iẓil

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zˤil/

Verb

ẓil (intensive aorist ttẓil, verbal noun iẓil, Tifinagh spelling ⵥⵉⵍ, Arabic spelling ژيل)

  1. to be good, to be great, to be of quality
    وانّا ور ينّين ياهو غ ونرار ن خمسينت، اور يعريض يرڭازن ژيلنين.
    wanna ur innin yahu ġ unrar n xmsint, ur iʕriḍ irgazn ẓilnin.
    He who has not said "yahu" in the area of ​​a thousand bushels does not invite people of quality.
  2. to be beautiful
    Synonyms: fulki, cwu

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 3010a
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