aɛrur

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber with the addition of the borrowed phoneme ɛ. This phoneme may have originally carried expressive semantics, which it may no longer retain[1][2]. Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵔⵓⵔⵓ (aruru), Tuareg ărori.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʕrur/

Noun

aɛrur m (plural iɛruren, feminine equivalent taɛrurt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵔⵓⵔ)

  1. (anatomy) back
    Synonym: bbac (Taghzut)

Declension

Inflection of aɛrur
singular plural
free state aɛrur iɛruren
annexed state uɛrur iɛruren

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[3], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[4], Paris, France: HAL
  1. ^ Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[1], Paris, France: HAL, page 65
  2. ^ Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 199

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • aɛrua

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber with the addition of the borrowed phoneme ɛ. This borrowed phoneme may have originally carried expressive semantics, which it may no longer retain[1][2]. Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵔⵓⵔⵓ (aruru), Tuareg ărori.

Noun

aɛrur m (plural iɛurar, feminine equivalent taɛrurt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵔⵓⵔ)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. hill, mound

Declension

Inflection of aɛrur
singular plural
free state aɛrur iɛurar
annexed state weɛrur yiɛurar

References

  1. ^ Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL, page 65
  2. ^ Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 199
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