lbala

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

  • lbaḷa
  • lpala, lpaḷa (Zerqet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic البالة (el-bāla), from Spanish pala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lbalˤa/, /lbala/

Noun

lbala f (plural lbalat, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰ)

  1. shovel, spade

Declension

Inflection of lbala
singular plural
free state lbala lbalat
annexed state — —

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • řbařa

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالة (bāla, “shovel”), from Spanish pala (“shovel”).

Noun

lbala f (plural lbalat, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰ)

  1. shovel

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بالة (bāla, “shovel”), from Spanish pala (“shovel”). Doublet of afala.

Noun

lbala f (plural lbalat, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰ, Arabic spelling لبالا)

  1. shovel, iron spade
  2. large pickaxe

Inflection

Inflection of lbala
singular plural
free state lbala lbalat
annexed state lbala lbalat

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 1285a
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