iɣil

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ɣil (“arm”).

Cognate with Tarifit ɣiř (“arm”), Tuareg aɣil (“arm”), Ghadames áɣil (“arm”), and Zenaga iʔy (“forearm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iɣil/

Noun

iɣil m (plural iɣalln, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⵉⵍ, Arabic spelling ايغيل)

Inflection

Inflection of **iɣil**
	singular	plural
free state	iɣil	iɣalln, iɣaln
annexed state	yiɣ	iɣalln, iɣaln

See also

afus (“hand”)
aḍaḍ (“finger”)
aḍaṛ (“foot”)
iɣir (“shoulder”)
tiɣssi (“body”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1076
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 254