aɣris

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ɣris (“ice”)[1], from Proto-Berber *ɣ-r-s (“to be frozen”) (whence grs).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⵔⵉⵙ (agris, “ice”), Senhaja de Srair agris, ayris (“frost, ice”), Kabyle agris (“ice”), Tarifit ajris, agris (“ice, frost”), Tuareg aɣəris (“ice”), and Chenoua azric (“ice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɣris/

Noun

aɣris m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⵉⵙ, Arabic spelling آغريس)

  1. ice, frost
    الُوقت ن تالدرار ار داح يطّار واغريس زيكّ صباح.
    luqt n taldrar ar daḥ iṭṭar waɣris zikk ṣbaḥ.
    in spring, ice falls very early in the morning.
  2. icy snow, black ice
  3. bitter cold

Inflection

Inflection of aɣris
singular plural
free state aɣris —
annexed state waɣris, uɣris —

See also

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 252
  • 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 145a
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