tiɣssa

Tashelhit

Picture dictionary

1= agayyu, ixf 2= udm 3= agrḍ 4= iɣir 5= admr 6= abuḍ 7= abkniḍ 8= awlal 9= abaṣṣa, lqlm 10-14= aḍaṛ 10= taɣma 11= afud 12= taɣanimt n uḍar 13= tawlẓit, asaf 14= aḍaṛ 15-19= iɣil, afus 16= tiɣʷmrt 17= iɣil 18= taɣʷnfift 19= afus

Alternative forms

tiɣssi, tixssa, taɣssa

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تِغِسَّ (tiɣissa, tiɣessa, “body”), from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“body”), a derivative from Proto-Berber *e-ɣăst (“bone”).

Cognate with Tamasheq taɣǝssa (“body”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiɣsːa/

Noun

tiɣssa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⵙⵙⴰ, Arabic spelling تيغسّا)

body
Synonym: ddat

تيغسّا ن وفڭان. ― tiɣssa n ufgan. ― the human body.

Inflection

Inflection of **tiɣssa**
	singular	plural
free state	tiɣssa	tiɣssiwin
annexed state	tɣssa	tɣssiwin

Derived terms

ajjiḍ n tɣssa (“scabies,mange”)

See also

afgan (“human”)
argaz (“man”)
ilm (“skin”)
ixf (“head”)
ixss (“bone”)
tifiyyi (“flesh”)
udm (“face”)

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 2671a