ⴰⴽⵓⵛ

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from a Zenati dialect spoken in Barghwata yakuš ("god"), from *ukš or *ekš ("to give"), from Zenati *ewš ("to give"), ultimately from Proto-Berber *ăβkəʔ (“to give”).

Compare Northern Saharan Berber yuš (“god”), Tarifit ukc (“to give”), Kabyle tikci (“gift, donation”), Tachawit uc (“to give”), figuig wəš ("to give"), Northern Saharan Berber uc (“to give”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵛ (c, “to give”) and Tashelhit fk (“to give”).

Noun

ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (akuc) m (construct state ⵡⴰⴽⵓⵛ (wakuc))'

  1. god

References

  • Maarten Kossmann (2013), The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 67), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 79
  • Maarten Kossmann (1999), Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère (Grammatical analyses of african languages; 12) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: ‎Rüdiger Köppe, →ISBN, page 99
  • “ⴰⴽⵓⵛ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022
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