neɣ

See also: neg, neg., and nèg

Kabyle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəʁ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Conjunction

neɣ

  1. or

Etymology 2

Root
n-ɣ (murder)
2 terms

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Verb

neɣ (verbal noun tunɣin or timenɣiwt or imenɣi or tamenɣawt)

  1. to kill
Alternative forms

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʁ/, /nəʁ/

Verb

neɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴻⵖ)

  1. (transitive) to kill
  • (passive) tneɣ (“to be killed”)

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

Verb

neɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴻⵖ)

  1. (transitive) to kill, to murder
  2. (transitive) to slaughter
  3. (transitive) to tire, to exhaust

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Reciprocal: mneɣ (“to fight”)
    • Causative: semneɣ (“to provoke a fight”)
  • Reciprocal: msenɣ (“to kill each other”)
  • amenɣi (“fight”)
  • tamenɣiwt (“murder”)
  • Verbal noun: amsenɣi
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