tafirast

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pirus (pear tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafirast/

Noun

tafirast f (singulative, collective lfiras m, plural tifirasin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵔⴰⵙⵜ)

  1. singulative of lfiras:
    1. pear
      Synonym: talingaṣt
    2. pear tree
      Synonym: talingaṣt

Declension

Inflection of tafirast
singular plural
free state tafirast tifirasin
annexed state tfirast tfirasin

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

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pirus (pear tree).

Noun

tafirast f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵔⴰⵙⵜ, Arabic spelling تافيراست)

  1. pear tree, pear

Inflection

Inflection of tafirast
singular plural
free state tafirast tifirasin
annexed state tfirast tfirasin

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2357b