nn-

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a conflation of a native passive prefix inherited from Proto-Berber and the borrowed Moroccan Arabic passive marker نـ (n-). Both systems overlap, making it difficult to assign individual forms to a single source. The similarity between the Berber and Arabic prefixes likely facilitated this blending.

Prefix

nn- (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏ-)

  1. verbal prefix forming passives
    Synonyms: ttya-, tt-

Derived terms

Senhaja de Srair terms prefixed with nn-
nnekcem
nneqleb
nnessekcem
nɛemmer

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

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