iccar

Tarifit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-askăr.

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵛⵛⵔ (iccr), ⵉⵙⴽⵔ (iskr, “nail”), Tashelhit iskr (“nail”), Kabyle iccer (“nail”), Tuareg eskăr, aškar (“nail”), Zenaga əskär (“nail”).

Noun

iccar m (plural iccaren, feminine equivalent taccart, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⵛⴰⵔ)

  1. nail, fingernail
  2. claw

Declension

Inflection of iccar
singular plural
free state iccar iccaren
construct state yiccar yiccaren

References

  • Serhoual, Mohammed (2002), Dictionnaire tarifit-français, Tétouan: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi
  • Putten, Marijn van (2018), “Proto-Berber mid vowel harmony”, in Nordic journal of African studies‎[1], Uppsala: Nordic Africa Research Network, →ISSN
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