askkil

Tashelhit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Moroccan Amazigh ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil, “letter”), from Kabyle asekkil (“letter”), from Tawellemmet and Tayert asǝkkul (“letter, character”), from Tawellemmet ǝskel (“to be vocalized, to be punctuated”), ultimately from Arabic شَكَلَ (šakala, “to vocalize”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /askːil/

Noun

askkil m (plural iskkiln, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ, Arabic spelling آسكّيل)

(neologism) letter (of the alphabet)
Synonym: lḥrf

Inflection

Inflection of **askkil**
	singular	plural
free state	askkil	iskkiln
annexed state	uskkil	iskkiln

See also

amḥas (“vowel”)
ara (“to write”)
id lif, lḥruf ugmmay (“alphabet”)
lmd (“to learn”)
ɣr (“to read, to study”)

References

Lahcen Oulhadj (2016), Amazigh dictionary : English Amazigh [Tachelhit]‎^[1], Rabat: ‎Fédération National des Associations Amazigh au Maroc, →ISBN, page 699a