ignna

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اِڮنَّ (igenna, “sky”), from Proto-Berber *a-g(v)nna (“sky”).[1]

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴳⵏⵏⴰ (ignna, “sky”), Ghomara genna, agenna (“sky”), Senhaja de Srair igenna (“sky”), Tarifit ajenna (“sky”), Kabyle igenni (“sky”), Northern Saharan Berber ažənna (“sky”), Zenaga igǝnwän (“sky”), Tunisian Berber ažanna, ažinna (“sky”), Siwi igǝrwǝn (“sky”), and Tuareg aženna (“sky”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɡnːa/

Noun

ignna m (plural ignwan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴳⵏⵏⴰ, Arabic spelling ايڭنّا)

  1. sky
    ايقّن يڭنّا س ومدلو. ― Iqqn ignna s umdlu. ― The sky is covered with clouds.

Inflection

Inflection of ignna
singular plural
free state ignna ignwan
annexed state yignna, ignna ignwan

Derived terms

  • bab ignwan (“God”)
  • irn ignna (“muslim months”)
  • lɛilm n yignna (“astronomy”)
  • tamkrazt n ignwan (“lightning”)
  • wiss sa ignwan (“the seventh sky”)

See also

  • akal (“earth”)
  • amdlu (“cloud”)
  • ljnnt (“heaven”)

References

  1. ^ Libyo-Berbers-Tuaregs-Canarians (Tamâhaq Tuaregs in the Canary Islands in the Context of Ethno-Linguistic Prehistory of Libyo-Berbers: Linguistic and Inscriptional Evidence). page 39
  • 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 1060a
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