iskr

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *asḱăr (“nail”).

Compare Tuareg eskăr (“nail”), Tarifit iccar (“nail”), Awjila icker (“nail”), Kabyle iccer (“nail”), and Siwi aččer (“nail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iskr/

Noun

iskr f (plural askarn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⴽⵔ, Arabic spelling ايسكر)

  1. nail
    ar iqmmj s waskarn nns. ― he's scratching with his nails.
  2. claw
    Synonym: abaskar

Inflection

Inflection of iskr
singular plural
free state iskr askarn
construct state yisk waskarn

Derived terms

  • abaskar (“claw”)
  • afskar (“spiney dogfish”)
  • askarn yiẓm (“lion's claws”)
  • ixf yiskr (“tip of the nail”)

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1149b
  • Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 248
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