afus

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs. Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⵓⵙ (afus).

Noun

afus m

  1. (anatomy) hand
    Argaz-nni yerfed afus-nnes akken ad d-yefk yiwen n usseqsi.
    The man raised his hand to ask a question.

Inflection

Inflection of afus
singular plural
Free state afus ifassen
Construct state ufus yifassen

Tarifit

Noun

afus m (plural ifassen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙ)

  1. alternative form of fus: hand

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs (“hand”).[1]

Compare Zenaga ävuʔš (“hand”), Tuareg ăfus (“earth”) and Northern Saharan Berber fus (“hand”), Ghadames ōfess (“hand”), and Kabyle afus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afus/

Noun

afus m (construct state ufus, plural ifassn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفوس)

  1. hand, arm
  2. handle
    afus usmmawd. ― sickle handle.
  3. help, aid
  4. fraction, tribal section, clan

Inflection

Inflection of afus
singular plural
free state afus ifassn
construct state ufus ifassn

Derived terms

  • all afus (“to stop”)
  • amẓ afus (“economize”)
  • g afus (“to steal”)
  • imi n ufus (“wrist”)

See also

  • aḍar (“foot”)
  • aḍaḍ (“finger”)
  • ixf (“head”)
  • iɣir (“shoulder”)

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 48
  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110b
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