ammas

ammas

1. plural of amma

• Am. Sam., Masam, ma mas, ma'ams, mamas

ammas m (plural ammasen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ)

1. middle, center

   Synonym: řweṣt

2. courtyard

   Synonym: řemraḥ

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ammas (“middle, center”)^[1].

Cognate with Senhaja de Srair, Tunisian Berber, Ghadames, and Sokna ammas (“middle, center”), Tarifit ammas (“middle, center, courtyard”), Ghomara ammas (“waist”), Tuareg ámmas (“middle, center, inside”), and Awjila tammàst (“in the middle”).

• IPA^(key): /amːas/

ammas m (plural ammasn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, Arabic spelling آمّاس)

1. middle, center, interior

   غ وامّاس ن ييلل. ― ġ wammas n yilel. ― in the middle of the sea.

From ammas (“middle, center”).

ammas (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, Arabic spelling آمّاس)

1. from, to be coming from

   آيلّيغ د توشكا الدَولَة ن المُرابِطين امّاس ن الصّحراء.

   aylliġ d tuška ddawla n lmurabiṭin ammas n ṣṣḥra.

   until the Almoravid dynasty came from the Sahara.

2. in, inside

   كران لماواكين امّاس ن سوس.

   kran lmawakin ammas n sus

   Some villages in the Sous region

The verbal noun of ams (“to rub, to mix”).

Cognate with Ghadames ụ̄mmas, the verbal noun of ụ̄mǝs (“to rub, to scratch, to roll couscous”).

• IPA^(key): /amːas/

ammas m (plural ammasn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, Arabic spelling آمّاس)

1. rubbing, rub
2. a feed mash made from argan press cake and finely chopped straw

• 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, pages 284-285