ss-

• s- (allomorph when the prefix is immediately followed by a consonant and a vowel)

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ss- (“causative prefix”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *s- (“causative prefix”).

ss- (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙ-)

1. causative prefix, creating active transitive verbs from either already transitive verbs, nouns, or intransitive verbs

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

• s-

From Proto-Berber *ss- (“causative prefix”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *s- (“causative prefix”). Cognate with Kabyle ss- (see ssired).

ss-

1. causative prefix, creating active transitive verbs from either already transitive verbs, nouns, or intransitive verbs

   From a transitive verb: ‎ss- + ‎ggenfa (“to be cured”) → ‎sgenfa (“to heal”)

   From a noun: ‎ss- + ‎awař (“speech”) → ‎ssiweř (“to talk”)

   From an intransitive verb: ‎ss- + ‎cc (“to eat”) → ‎ssecc (“to feed”)