afullus

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afulːus/

Noun

afullus m (feminine equivalent afullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ)

  1. Ketama form of afellus

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pullus (“any young animal, chick”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight afullus (“chick, rooster”), Senhaja de Srair afellus (“chick, rooster”), Ghomara afulus (“rooster, cock”), Tarifit fiǧus (“chick”), Northern Saharan Berber fullus (“chick”), Tachawit fullis (“chick”), and Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs, “chick, rooster”).

Noun

afullus m (plural ifullusn, feminine equivalent tafullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفولّوس)

  1. rooster
    ايفولّسن ار تّزداغن غ وندارو.
    ifullusn ar ttzdaġn ɣ undaru.
    the roosters lives in the coop.
  2. chick
    Synonym: akiyyaw

Derived terms

  • afullus n waman (“moorhen, waterfowl”)
  • takrkurt n ufullus (“cock's comb”)
  • tiɣri n ifullusn (“rooster crowing”)

See also

  • amdduz (“manure pile”)
  • andaru (“coop”)
  • aylal (“bird”)
  • tifiyyi (“meat”)

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 110a
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