lḥrf

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حرف (ḥarf, “letter of the alphabet”), from Arabic حَرْفْ (ḥarf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lħrf/

Noun

lḥrf m (plural lḥruf, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵃⵔⴼ, Arabic spelling لحرف)

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: askkil
    ݣ سنات تنقّاض ف الحرف اد. ― g snat tnqqaḍ f lḥrf ad. ― put two dots on this letter.

Inflection

Inflection of lḥrf
singular plural
free state lḥrf lḥruf
annexed state lḥrf lḥruf

Derived terms

  • lḥruf sdidnin (“non-emphatic letters”)
  • lḥruf ugmmay (“alphabet”)
  • lḥruf ḍninin (“emphatic letters”)

See also

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 1396
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