amḥas

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

amḥḥas

Etymology

The verbal noun of mḥs (“to vocalize; to wipe, to pass the hand over”), a metathesis of msḥ (“to wipe”), ultimately from Arabic مَسَحَ (masaḥa, “to wipe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amħas/

Noun

amḥas m (plural imḥasn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵃⴰⵙ, Arabic spelling آمحاس)

vowel, sign, diacritic, accent mark
ايݣا يسنت الحَقّْ، آمحاس ي وݣُمّاي.
iga ysnt lḥaqq amḥas i ugʷmmay.
God, the Just, supplements them with vowel signs, for its reading aloud.

Inflection

Inflection of **amḥas**
	singular	plural
free state	amḥas	imḥasn
annexed state	umḥas	imḥasn

Descendants

→ Zenaga: yaṃḥaš (“vowel”)

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 274