argaz
Kabyle
| Root |
|---|
| r-g-z |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targazt)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | argaz | irgazen |
| annexed state | wergaz | yergazen |
References
- 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
Senhaja de Srair
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)
- Western Senhaja de Srair form of aryaz
Declension
References
- Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[2], retrieved 2025
- Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)[3], Paris, France: HAL
Tarifit
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazen, feminine equivalent targazt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ)
- alternative form of aryaz
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | argaz | irgazen |
| annexed state | wergaz | yirgazen |
Tashelhit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-răgaz (“man”), deverbal from *r-g-z (“to walk, to march”).
Cognate with Tarifit aryaz (“man”), Awjila arəgàz (“person”), and Zenaga ärägäẕ̌ (“man, individual”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡaz/
Noun
argaz m (plural irgazn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ, Arabic spelling آرڭاز)
- man (adult male human), husband
- Synonyms: اَمَدَنْ, arjli
- لّان يرڭازن غ تڭمّي. ― llan irgazn ġ tgmmi. ― the men are in the house.
- آرڭاز ينو ايا. ― argaz inu aya. ― this is my husband.
Inflection
Derived terms
- argaz n dar uḍar (“messenger”)
- irgazn n id matsn (“stepfathers”)
- tirrugza (“virility, manhood”)
See also
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, , →ISBN, page 382b
- Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 161
- Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 300