ayyis

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • ayyus

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايِّسْ (ayyis, “horse”)[1], from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“horse”), possibly from Latin equus (“horse”).

Compare Northern Saharan Berber ayyis (“horse”), Central Atlas Tamazight iys, ayis (“horse”), Tarifit yis (“horse”), Tetserret iš (“horse”), Zenaga iʔšan (“horses”), and Tuareg ăys, eyǝs (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajːis/

Noun

ayyis m (plural isan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵢⵉⵙ, Arabic spelling آيّيس)

  1. horse
    Synonym: agʷmar
    يان وايّيس ورا يسّنكار وڭضرور.
    yan wayyis ur a issnkar ugḍṛuṛ.
    one horse does not raise dust.
  2. coryphene
  3. (poetic) woman

Inflection

Inflection of ayyis
singular plural
free state ayyis isan, iyyisan
annexed state wayyis yisan

Derived terms

  • ayyis azuzal (“gelding”)
  • ayyis n waman (“dragonfly”)

See also

  • akiṭaṛ (“stallion”)
  • algamu (“bridle”)
  • asnus (“foal”)
  • asrdun (“mule”)
  • aɣyul (“donkey”)

References

  1. ^ Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 31
  • 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 540b
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