askkir

Tashelhit

Etymology

Synchronically the verbal noun of skr (“to do, to act”).

The third sense is a semantic loan from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl, “verb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /askːir/

Noun

askkir m (plural iskkirn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵔ, Arabic spelling آسكّير)

  1. act, action, way of doing
    آسكّير يعدلن ― askkir iɛdln ― a good act
    ڭار وسكّير ― gar askkir ― a bad act
  2. (euphemistic) sorcery, witchcraft, spells (only in the plural)
    تڭزي يڭيدار س تازّيت اشكو تكصوض يسكّيرن.
    tgzi igidar s tazzit ašku tkṣuḍ iskkirn.
    She hits the walls with a dagger in fear of sorcery.
  3. (neologism, grammar) verb
    تڭا تڭوري "آشك د" يان وسكّير اشلحي.
    tga tguri "ašk d" yan uskkir ašlḥi.
    The word "ašk d" is a Shleuh verb.

Inflection

Inflection of askkir
singular plural
free state askkir iskkirn
annexed state uskkir iskkirn

Derived terms

  • bu iskkirn (“sorcerer”)
  • ism uskkir (“verbal noun”)
  • mmu iskkirn (“sorcerer”)
  • taslit n iskkirn (“witchcraft doll”)

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 424a
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