rg

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăβrəǵ (“to grind, to pestle”), possibly a doublet of bri (“to grind, to crush”).

Cognate with Awjila aβərg (“to pestle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɡ/

Verb

rg (intensive aorist rrag, verbal noun awrag or arrag, Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴳ, Arabic spelling رڭ)

  1. to grind, to crush
    Synonym: bri
    rgint gid almus ann, kksnt gis tiẓnin.
    they crush the Argan kernel and remove the white almonds.

Derived terms

  • argan (“Argan”)
  • azrg (“mill”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1882b
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