aslm

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • islm, aslim

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *svlm–ay (“fish”)[1]. According to Alexander Militarev, it is likely the source of Latin salmo (“salmon”).

Cognates include Tuareg asûlmey (“fish”), Kabyle aslm (“fish”), Zenaga siǯm (“fish”), Guanche salema (“black seabream”), and possibly Egyptian nšmw.t (“kind of fish”).

Noun

aslm m (construct state uslm, plural islman, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵍⵎ, Arabic spelling آسلم)

  1. fish
    wanna ittarmn aman is ṣmmiḍn, ur a igmmr islman.
    he who fears cold water does not catch fish.

Inflection

Inflection of aslm
singular plural
free state aslm islman
construct state uslm islman

References

  • 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 432a
  1. ^ Alexander Militarev, RECONSTRUCTING A CULTURAL LEXICON FOR PRE-HISTORY: BERBER ZOONYMS OF AFRASIAN (AFRO-ASIATIC) ORIGIN , page 31
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