azzl

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *azzəl (“to run”)[1].

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight, Northern Saharan Berber, and Kabyle azzel (“to run”), Ghadames ăzzəl (“to run”), Tuareg ašəl (“to run”), Tetserret ežel (“to run”), and Awjila èzzǝl (“to run”).

Verb

azzl (intensive aorist ttazzal or ttazzla or ttizzal, verbal noun tizzla, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵣⵍ, Arabic spelling آزّل)

  1. to run
    اور يژضار ا يتّازّال ― ur iẓḍar a ittazzal. ― he can't run.
  2. to spread, to flow
    تازّل تيفاوت ن الايمان غ يخسان ولا يژوران.
    tazzl tifawt n liman ġ ixsan ula iẓuṛan.
    the light of faith spreads through the limbs and veins.
  3. to acquire, to work to provide for someone
    آر يتّازّال ف تڭمّي. ― ar ittazzal f tgmmi. ― he provides for the household.
    آمازّال، ايڭات وانّا يتّازّالن خ الارزاق ن تاروا نّس.
    amazzal, iga t wa nna ittazzaln x larzaq n tarwa nns.
    the true provider (or true man) is the one who provides for the needs of his children.

Derived terms

  • amazzal (“runner, a responsible for the land lineage, messanger”)
  • tamazzalt (“work, job”)
  • tizzla (“running”)
  • zizzl (“to cause to run”)

See Also

References

  1. ^ Reconstruction of the Proto-Berber Light Verbs. page 309
  • 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 571b
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