akbac

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كبش (kabš, male sheep, ram), possibly via its plural كباش (kbaš), from Arabic كَبْش (kabš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akbaʃ/

Noun

akbac m (feminine equivalent akbact, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴱⴰⵛ) (Ketama)

  1. kid (young goat), lamb
    Synonyms: iɣejḍ, amhar (Ketama, Seddat), abxix (Ketama), abezzik (Ketama), izimmer (Zerqet), imẓi (Hmed)

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL