mmaɣ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“to fight”), the reciprocal form of *ănɣəʔ (“to kill”). By surface analysis, m- (“reciprocal prefix”) +‎ nɣ (“to kill”), literally “to kill each other”.

Cognate with Tarifit mneɣ (“to fight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mːaɣ/

Verb

mmaɣ (intensive aorist ttmaɣ, verbal noun tammaɣt or imiɣ or tamnaɣt, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵎⴰⵖ, Arabic spelling مّاغ)

  1. to fight, to combat
  2. to kill each other
  3. to make war, to wage war
  4. to argue with someone
  5. to play a game
    مّاغ لكارطا ― to play cards
    مّاغ لقمر. ― to gamble

Derived terms

  • imiɣ (“battle, war”)
  • mmaɣ d (“to struggle with, to make effort”)
  • tammaɣt (“fight, battle, brawl”)
  • tamnaɣt (“fight”)

See also

  • aɣ (“to hurt”)
  • mmt (“to die”)
  • nɣ (“to kill”)
  • ut (“to hit”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1737b
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