ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ
Moroccan Amazigh
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Kabyle asekkil (“letter”), itself from Tawellemmet and Tayert asǝkkul (“letter, character”), from Tawellemmet ǝskel (“to be vocalized, to be punctuated”), ultimately from Arabic شَكَلَ (šakala, “to vocalize”).
Noun
ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil) m
Derived terms
- ⴱⵓ ⴽⴽⵓⵥ ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (bu kkuẓ iskkiln, “quadriliteral ”)
- ⴱⵓ ⴽⵕⴰⴹ ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (bu kṛaḍ iskkiln, “triliteral”)
- ⴱⵓ ⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (bu sin iskkiln, “biliteral”)
- ⴱⵓ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (bu yan uskkil, “monoliteral”)
- ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵓⴳⵎⵎⴰⵢ (iskkiln n ugmmay, “alphabet”)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil) | ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln) |
| annexed state | ⵓⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (uskkil) | ⵉⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍⵏ (iskkiln) |
Descendants
- → Tashelhit: askkil (“letter”)
References
- “ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022