aɣrda

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit آغردا (aɣerda, “mouse”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“rat, mouse”).

Cognates include Ghomara aɣerḍay (“mouse”), Tarifit aɣarda (“rat, mouse”), Senhaja de Srair, Tachawit, and Central Atlas Tamazight aɣerda (“mouse”), Nefusa gerdi (“rat”), Tunisian Berber aɣirda, aɣurda, yurdi (“mouse”), Siwi agerdi (“rat”), and Zenaga tǝnġärādä (“Eliomys munbyanus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɣrda/

Noun

aɣrda m (construct state uɣrda, plural iɣrdayn, feminine equivalent taɣrdayt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⴷⴰ, Arabic spelling آغردا)

  1. rat, mouse
    آغردا نّا يحرشن، ايخف ا غ اد تقُّاي.
    aġrda nna iḥršn, ixf a ġ at tqqʷay.
    When the mouse gets too clever, it (the mousetrap) catches its head.

Derived terms

  • biyɣrdayn (“falcon”)
  • mm iɣrdayn (“mouser, mousetrap ”)

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 167b
  • Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 215
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