meḥtaj

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

    Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محتاج (maḥtāj), from Arabic مُحْتَاج (muḥtāj). By surface analysis, m- +‎ ḥtaj.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /məħtaʒ/

    Adjective

    meḥtaj (feminine meḥtaja, common plural meḥtajin, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴻⵃⵜⴰⵊ)

    1. in need (of)

    Declension

    Inflection of meḥtaj
    singular plural
    masculine meḥtaj meḥtajin
    feminine meḥtaja meḥtajin

    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