aɣyul

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ɣăyul (“donkey”), possibly borrowed from Latin equuleus (“colt, foal”).

• IPA^(key): /aʁjul/

aɣyul m (plural iɣʷyal, feminine equivalent taɣyult)

1. donkey

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

• IPA^(key): /aʁjul/

aɣyul m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵢⵓⵍ)

1. Hmed, Taghzut, and Zerqet form of aɣyuy

• aɣyyul, aɣiyul

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ɣăyul (“donkey”), possibly borrowed from Latin equuleus (“colt, foal”).

Cognate with Senhaja de Srair aɣyuy (“donkey”), Tarifit aɣyuř (“donkey”), Ghomara, Kabyle, Tachawit, and Northern Saharan Berber aɣyul (“donkey”), and Tetserret aʕyil (“donkey”).

• IPA^(key): /aɣjul/

aɣyul m (plural iɣʷyal, feminine equivalent taɣyult, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵢⵓⵍ, Arabic spelling آغيول)

1. donkey

   ايغ تسلّام ي وسهورّو وغيول، اينيات: «أعودُ باللهِ مِنَ الشّيطانِ الرَّجيمِ!» هاتي يژرا الشّيطان.

   iġ tsllam i ushuṛṛu uġyul, iniyat: «aɛudu billah-i mina ššiṭan-i rrajîm-i!» hati iẓṛa ššiṭan.

   When you hear the braying of the donkey, take refuge in God from the attacks of Satan the stoned, for the donkey has seen a demon.

2. (vulgar) idiot, dumbass

   واينّي اغيول. ― waynni aɣyul. ― what an idiot.

• 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 175a