ixf

From Proto-Berber *e‐ɣăf.

ixf m (plural ixfawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ)

1. head

   Synonyms: aqiyyuɛ, azellif (azeǧif)

2. self

   ixf ins ― himself

3. peak, summit
4. extremity

• ايغڢ (iɣef) — Medieval Tashelhit

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايغڢ (iɣef, “head”), from Proto-Berber *e‐ɣăf (“head”), from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?], compare Arabic قَفًا (qafan, “back of the head”), Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܐ (qāp̄yā, “back of the neck”), and Migaama kúpó (“occiput”). See also Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”).

Cognates include Kabyle ixef (“head”), Northern Saharan Berber iɣef (“head”), Ghadames ēɣăf (“head”), Zenaga iʔf (“head”), and Tuareg éɣăf (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /iχf/

ixf m (plural ixfawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ, Arabic spelling ايخف)

1. head

   Synonyms: agayyu, aqllal

   Ixf iqquṛn la budd ad rẓin. ― A hard head deserves to be broken.

2. oneself

   Inna d ixf nns. ― He said to himself.

3. chief, leader

   Synonyms: amɣar, amzwar

   Amẓn mddn ixfawn jhlnin. ― People took the arrogant leaders.

4. end, extremity, tip

   Synonyms: tigira, tmmi

   ixf uġaras ― the end of the road

5. start, beginning

   x ixf usggas ― at the beginning of the new year

   ixf n wayyur ― beginning of the month

6. intelligence, wit, attention

   Dars ixf. ― He's intelligent.

• 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 1168b