ifr

• ifrr, afraw

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-făr.

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴼⵔ (ifr, “leaf”), ⴰⴼⵔ (afr, “wing”), Tarifit afar (“leaf, wing”), Kabyle iferr (“wing, leaf”), Tachawit afer (“wing, leaf”), Tuareg afərr, af̣rut, afrut, af̣raw, afraw, afrew (“wing”), Zenaga äfrūn (“wings”).

• IPA^(key): /ifr/

ifr m (plural ifrawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⵔ, Arabic spelling ايفر)

1. leaf

   لبهايم ار شتّانت يفراون ن وارڭان.

   lbhaym ar šttant ifrawn n wargan

   the cattle eat the leaves of the argan tree.

2. wing

   آ ربّي ا لباز مودّو، نغ ييِّ تفيت يفراون نّك.

   a ṛbi a lbaz muddu; nġ iyyi tfit ifrawn nnk.

   Please, eagle, travel far away, or give me your wings.

• 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 1046a
• Marijn van Putten (2018), “Proto-Berber Mid Vowel Harmony”, in Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 27, number 3, Helsinki, pages 1–32