ixss

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • iɣs, iɣss

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايغسّ (iɣess, “bone”), from Proto-Berber *e-ɣăst (“bone”), from earlier *ā-ḳăst, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳas- (“bone”)[1].

Cognate with Zenaga iʔSi (“bone”), Awjila aɣàst (“bone”), Guanche chaso (“bone”), Proto-Chadic *ḳas- (“bone”), and Egyptian qs (“bone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iχsː/

Noun

ixss m (plural ixsan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⵙⵙ, Arabic spelling ايخسّ)

  1. bone
    ملا يتّقُبال ربّي الدُعاء ن ييضان، س اسن د يڭا انژار س يخسان.
    mla ittqʷbal ṛbbi dduɛa n yiḍan, s asn d iga anẓar s ixsan.
    If God accepted the dogs' prayer, he would send them a shower of bones.
  2. human body (plural only)
    Synonym: tiɣssa
    رمين يخسان ينو. ― ṛmin ixsan inu. ― my body is tired.

Inflection

Inflection of ixss
singular plural
free state ixss ixsan
annexed state ixss, yixss ixsan

See also

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 325
  • 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 1171b
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