řeɛqeř

rif-noun

řeɛqeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵇⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقل (ʕqal).


řbař

rif-noun

řbař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بال (bāl).


lfikra

lfikra m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴼⵉⴽⵔⴰ, plural fikrat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فكرة (fikra).


ameḥḍar

rif-noun

ameḥḍar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵃⴹⴰⵔ, plural imeḥdaren, feminine tameḥḍart)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محضر (maḥḍar, “pupil”).

bor+

pupil, student (in particular one at a Quranic school)


tamziyda

rif-noun

tamziyda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵣⵉⵢⴷⴰ, plural timzidawin)

Inherited from Proto-Berber, borrowed from Aramaic 𐡌𐡎𐡂𐡃𐡀 (msgdʾ).


lmedraṣa

lmedraṣa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⴻⴷⵔⴰⵚⴰ, plural lmadaris)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مدرسة (madrasa).


ssekwila

rif-noun

ssekwila f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⴽⵡⵉⵍⴰ, plural ssekwilat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سكويلة (sakwīla), from Spanish escuela.


ccekk

rif-noun

ccekk m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴻⴽⴽ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شك (šakk).


řɣaraḍ

řɣaraḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵖⴰⵔⴰⴹ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غرض (ḡaraḍ).


ssabab

rif-noun

ssabab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴰⴱⴰⴱ, plural rsbab)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبب (sabab).


řkitab

rif-noun

řkitab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⵉⵜⴰⴱ, plural řkutub)

Learned borrowing from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).


řciɣeḍ

rif-noun

řciɣeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵛⵉⵖⴻⴹ, plural řcwaɣeḍ, feminine tciɣeṭ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كاغط (kāḡaṭ).


ṭṭbeř

rif-noun

ṭṭbeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴱⴻⵔ, plural ṭṭbuřa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طبل (ṭbal).


ddcar

rif-noun

ddcar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵛⴰⵔ, plural rdcur)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دشرة (dašra, “village”).


lmalik

lmalik m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⴰⵍⵉⴽ, plural lmuluk, feminine lmalika)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملك (malik).


stilu

rif-noun

stilu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵜⵉⵍⵓ, plural stilawat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ستيلو (stīlu), from French stylo.


řeɛdu

rif-noun

řeɛdu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⴷⵓ, plural iɛdawen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عدو (ʕdū, ʕduww).


tandint

rif-noun

tandint f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴷⵉⵏⵜ, plural tineddam)


axeddam

axeddam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⴻⴷⴷⴰⵎ, plural ixeddamen, feminine taxeddant)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خدام (ḵaddām).


aḥurri

rif-noun

aḥurri m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⵓⵔⵔⵉ, plural iḥurriyen, feminine taḥurrect)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حر (ḥurr).


aɛekkaz

aɛekkaz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⴽⴽⴰⵣ, plural iɛekkazen, feminine taɛekkazt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عكاز (ʕukkāz).


taxeddant

rif-noun

taxeddant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⴻⴷⴷⴰⵏⵜ, plural tixeddamin, masculine axeddam)


řḥedd

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الحد (l-ḥadd).

bor+

Nnhar n ǧḥedd.


řḥedd

rif-noun

řḥedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⴷⴷ, plural řḥudud)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حد (ḥadd).


lɛada

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عادة (ʕāda).


abaṛṛani

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic براني (barrāni).


řḥarb

rif-noun

řḥarb m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴰⵔⴱ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حرب (ḥarb).


řɛeskar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar).


řqeḥba

rif-noun

řqeḥba m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵃⴱⴰ, plural řqeḥbat, feminine taqeḥbešt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قحبة (qaḥba).


řesnaḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلاح (slāḥ).


ssif

rif-noun

ssif m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⵉⴼ, plural řesyuf)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سيف (sīf).


arrbeḥ

arrbeḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴱⴻⵃ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ربح (rabḥ).


řekřaṭa

rif-noun

řekřaṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴽⵔⴰⵟⴰ, plural řekřayṭ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كلاطة (klāṭa, “rifle”).


lɛimara

rif-noun

lɛimara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰ, plural lɛimarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عمارة (ʕimāra).


ddebbuz

rif-noun

ddebbuz m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⴱⴱⵓⵣ, plural ddbabez or idebbuzen, diminutive taddebuzt)

ddbabez (plural)
idebbuzen (plural)
taddebuzt (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبوز (dabbūz), from Ottoman Turkish طوپوز (topuz).


aɛeskari

rif-noun

aɛeskari m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵙⴽⴰⵔⵉ, plural iɛeskarriyen, feminine taɛeskarrect)

iɛeskarriyen (plural)
taɛeskarrect (feminine)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عسكري (ʕaskri).


amxazni

rif-noun

amxazni m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵅⴰⵣⵏⵉ, plural imxazniyen, feminine tamxaznect)

imxazniyen (plural)
tamxaznect (feminine)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مخازني (mḵāzni).


taxeṣṣart

rif-noun

taxeṣṣart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⴻⵚⵚⴰⵔⵜ, plural tixeṣṣura)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خسارة (ḵsāra).


tazwict

rif-noun

tazwict f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⵡⵉⵛⵜ, plural tizwijin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جويجة (jwīja), زويجة (zwīja, “double-barreled shotgun”)


taqseft

rif-noun

taqseft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⵙⴻⴼⵜ, plural tiseqbin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قصبة (qaṣba).


aneḥbus

rif-noun

aneḥbus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⵃⴱⵓⵙ, plural ineḥbas, feminine tameḥbust)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محبوس (maḥbūs).


aɛessas

rif-noun

aɛessas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⴻⵙⵙⴰⵙ, plural iɛessasen, feminine taɛessast)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عساس (ʕāssas).


řqanun

rif-noun

řqanun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴰⵏⵓⵏ, plural řqawanin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قانون (qānūn).


řfexx

rif-noun

řfexx m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⴻⵅⵅ, plural řfxux)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فخ (faḵḵ).


řeḥbes

řeḥbes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⴱⴻⵙ, plural řeḥbasat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حبس (ḥabs).


lɛiqab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقاب (ʕiqāb).


řmeḥkama

rif-noun

řmeḥkama f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵃⴽⴰⵎⴰ, plural řmeḥkamat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محكمة (maḥkama).


aḥkam

rif-noun

aḥkam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴽⴰⵎ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حكام (ḥkām).


řqaḍi

rif-noun

řqaḍi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴰⴹⵉ, plural řqeḍya)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قاضي (qāḍi).


zzina

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زنا (zina).


mulṭa

rif-noun

mulṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵍⵟⴰ, plural mulṭat)


taxceft

taxceft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵅⵛⴻⴼⵜ, plural tixecbin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خشبة (ḵašba).


axewwan

rif-noun

axewwan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵅⴻⵡⵡⴰⵏ, plural ixewwanen, feminine taxewwant)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خوان (ḵawwān).


aceffar

rif-noun

aceffar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴻⴼⴼⴰⵔ, plural iceffaren, feminine taceffart)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شفار (šaffār).


lɛamala

rif-noun

lɛamala f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⴰⵎⴰⵍⴰ, plural lɛamalat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic علامة (ʕalāma).


imextan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ختانة (ḵtāna).

circumcision (procedure and the celebration)


ttilibizyun

rif-noun

ttilibizyun f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵉⵍⵉⴱⵉⵣⵢⵓⵏ, plural ttilibizyunat)


jjennet

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جنة (janna).


jahennam

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جهنم (jahannam).


ssḥur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سحور (sḥūr).


ttilifun

rif-noun

ttilifun f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵉⵍⵉⴼⵓⵏ, plural ttilifunat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلفون (tilifūn), from French téléphone.


ttlfaza

rif-noun

ttlfaza f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵍⴼⴰⵣⴰ, plural ttlfazat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلفزة (talfaza).


řfqih

rif-noun

řfqih m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵇⵉⵀ, plural řfuqaha)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فقيه (fqīh).


řɛefrit

rif-noun

řɛefrit m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⴼⵔⵉⵜ, plural řɛafarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عفريت (ʕafrīt).


ṭṭumubin

rif-noun

ṭṭumubin f (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵓⵎⵓⴱⵉⵏ, plural ṭṭumubinat)


arradyu

arradyu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴰⴷⵢⵓ, plural arradyawat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic راديو (rādyu), from French radio.


ṭṭiyara

rif-noun

ṭṭiyara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵉⵢⴰⵔⴰ, plural ṭṭiyarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طيارة (ṭiyyāra).


apulis

rif-noun

apulis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵒⵓⵍⵉⵙ, plural ipulisen or ipulisiyyen)


ṭṭubis

ṭṭubis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵓⴱⵉⵙ, plural ṭṭubisat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طوبيس (ṭūbīs), from French autobus.


awzir

rif-noun

awzir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵣⵉⵔ, plural iwzirn, feminine tawzirt)


řfrina

řfrina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵔⵉⵏⴰ, plural rfrinat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فران (frān), from French frein.


řkar

rif-noun

řkar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⴰⵔ, plural řkiran)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كار (kār), from French car.


lizdiyat

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ازدياد (zdiyād), short for عقد ازدياد (ʕaqd zdiyād, “birth certificate”).


nnwaḍar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نواضر (nwāḍar).


ttrisinti

rif-noun

ttrisinti m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜⵉ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ترسنتي (trisinti), ترسينتي (trīsinti), from French électricité.


muṭur

rif-noun

muṭur m (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵟⵓⵔ, plural muṭurn)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic موطور (mūṭūr) or Spanish motor.


řwazir

rif-noun

řwazir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵡⴰⵣⵉⵔ, plural řwizara)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وزير (wazīr, wzīr).


spitar

rif-noun

spitar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵒⵉⵜⴰⵔ, plural spitarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبيتار (sbītār), influenced by Spanish hospital.


lpitrul

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بترول (pitrūl), from French pétrole.


aseḥḥar

rif-noun

aseḥḥar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵃⵃⴰⵔ, plural iseḥḥarn, feminine taseḥḥart)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سحار (saḥḥār).


arrayes

rif-noun

arrayes m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴰⵢⴻⵙ, plural arruyyas, feminine arraysa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ريس (rayyis), from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs).


jardamiyya

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جدرمية (jadarmiyya), from French gendarmerie.


ajardami

rif-noun

ajardami m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⴰⵔⴷⴰⵎⵉ, plural ijardamiyyen or jardamiyya)

ijardamiyyen (plural)
jardamiyya (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جدرمي (jadarmi), from French gendarme.


landris

rif-noun

landris m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵏⴷⵔⵉⵙ, plural landrisat)


zzenqet

zzenqet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⴻⵏⵇⴻⵜ, plural zznaqi)


nnumru

nnumru m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵓⵎⵔⵓ, plural nnumrawat)


bitlma

bitlma f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵉⵜⵍⵎⴰ, plural bitlmat)


tasebbatc

tasebbatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⴱⴱⴰⵜⵛ, plural tisebbarin)


řbank

řbank m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵏⴽ, plural řbankat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنك, from French banque.


llababu

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic لافابو (lāvābu), from French lavabo.


turnifis

rif-noun

turnifis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⵔⵏⵉⴼⵉⵙ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ترنفيس (turnufis), from French tournevis.


taqedduḥt

rif-noun

taqedduḥt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⴻⴷⴷⵓⵃⵜ, plural tiqedduḥin, masculine aqedduḥ)


abulun

abulun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵓⵍⵓⵏ, plural ibulunen, diminutive tabulunt)


řqehwa

řqehwa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵀⵡⴰ, plural řqhawi)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قهوة (qahwa).


ḥalawit

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حلويات (ḥalawiyyāt).


tazeyyatt

rif-noun

tazeyyatt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⴻⵢⵢⴰⵜⵜ, plural tizeyyatin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زيّات (zayyat, “oil container”), from Moroccan Arabic زيت (zayt).


řtnayn

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic التنين (t-tnīn).

Nnhar n ǧtnayen.


ttřata

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic التلات (t-tlāt).

Nnhar n ttřata.


ɛam

rif-noun

ɛam m (Tifinagh spelling ⵄⴰⵎ, dual ɛamayn, plural snin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عام (ʕām).


řarbeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الاربع (l-ārbaʕ).

bor+

Nnhar n ǧarbeɛ.


jjemɛa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الجمعة (j-jamʕa).

Nnhar n jjemɛa.


sseft

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic السبت (s-sabt).

Nnhar n sseft.


řexmis

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الخميس (l-ḵmīs).

Nnhar n ǧexmis.


azeggʷaɣ

rif-adj

azeggʷaɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖ, plural izeggʷaɣen, feminine tazeggʷaɣt)

izeggʷaɣen (plural)
tazeggʷaɣt (feminine)
azeggʷaɣ (masculine singular)
izeggʷaɣen (masculine plural)
tazeggʷaɣt (feminine singular)
tizeggʷaɣin (feminine plural)

idammen d izeggʷaɣen


abeldi

abeldi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵍⴷⵉ, plural ibeldiyyen, feminine tabeldect)

ibeldiyyen (plural)
tabeldect (feminine)
abeldi (masculine singular)
ibeldiyyen (masculine plural)
tabeldect (feminine singular)
tibeldiyyin (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلدي (baldi, “native”).

bor+

yaẓiḍ abeldi.

local, free-range (locally produced, from a local farm)


abuhaři

rif-adj

abuhaři (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵓⵀⴰⵔⵉ, plural ibuhařiyyen, feminine tabuhařect)

ibuhařiyyen (plural)
tabuhařect (feminine)
abuhaři (masculine singular)
ibuhařiyyen (masculine plural)
tabuhařect (feminine singular)
tibuhařiyyin (feminine plural)

taḥenjirt d tabuhařect


abuhaři

rif-noun

abuhaři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵓⵀⴰⵔⵉ, plural ibuhařiyyen, feminine tabuhařect)

ibuhařiyyen (plural)
tabuhařect (feminine)

uma-s d abuhaři


tarifiyt

tarifiyt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵢⵜ, plural tirifiyin)


Tarifect

Alternative form of Tarifit: Riffian (language)


miriw

rif-adj

miriw (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⵔⵉⵡ, plural imiriwen, feminine tmiriwt)

imiriwen (plural)
tmiriwt (feminine)
miriw (masculine singular)
imiriwen (masculine plural)
tamiriwt (feminine singular)
timiriwin (feminine plural)

axxam d miriw


ameǧaḥ

ameǧaḥ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴵⴰⵃ, plural imeǧaḥen, feminine tameǧaḥt)

imeǧaḥen (plural)
tameǧaḥt (feminine)
ameǧaḥ (masculine singular)
imeǧaḥen (masculine plural)
tameǧaḥt (feminine singular)
timeǧaḥin (feminine plural)

From earlier amellaḥ, borrowing of Moroccan Arabic مالح (māliḥ).

aman d imeǧaḥen


amerẓag

amerẓag (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵥⴰⴳ, plural imerẓagen, feminine tamerẓagt)

imerẓagen (plural)
tamerẓagt (feminine)
amerẓag (masculine singular)
imerzagen (masculine plural)
tamerzagt (feminine singular)
timerzagin (feminine plural)

ariri d amerẓag


ařeqqaɣ

ařeqqaɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴻⵇⵇⴰⵖ, plural iřeqqaɣen, feminine tařeqqaɣt)

iřeqqaɣen (plural)
tařeqqaɣt (feminine)
ařeqqaɣ (masculine singular)
iřeqqaɣen (masculine plural)
tařeqqaɣt (feminine singular)
tiřeqqaɣin (feminine plural)

aɣrum-a d ařeqqaɣ


asemmam

asemmam (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⵎⵎⴰⵎ, plural isemmamen, feminine tasemmamt or tasemmant)

isemmamen (plural)
tasemmamt (feminine)
tasemmant (feminine)
asemmam (masculine singular)
isemmamen (masculine plural)
tasemmamt (feminine singular)
tisemmamin (feminine plural)

d asemmam uɣi-ya


azdad

azdad (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴷⴰⴷ, plural izdaden, feminine tazdat)

izdaden (plural)
tazdat (feminine)
azdad (masculine singular)
izdaden (masculine plural)
tazdat (feminine singular)
tizdadin (feminine plural)

d azdad am firu


aziyrar

aziyrar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵉⵢⵔⴰⵔ, plural iziyraren, feminine taziyrart)

iziyraren (plural)
taziyrart (feminine)
aziyrar (masculine singular)
iziyraren (masculine plural)
taziyrart (feminine singular)
tiziyrarin (feminine plural)


miẓiḍ

miẓiḍ (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⵥⵉⴹ, plural imiẓiḍen, feminine tmiẓiṭ)

imiẓiḍen (plural)
tmiẓiṭ (feminine)
miẓiḍ (masculine singular)
imiẓiḍen (masculine plural)
tamiẓiṭ (feminine singular)
timiẓidin (feminine plural)

atay d miẓiḍ


jjdid

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جديد (jdīd).

bor+

ijjen ṭṭumubin d jjdid


aqdim

rif-adj

aqdim (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴷⵉⵎ, plural iqdimen, feminine taqdint)

iqdimen (plural)
taqdint (feminine)
aqdim (masculine singular)
iqdimen (masculine plural)
taqdint (feminine singular)
tiqdinin (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قديم (qdīm).

bor+

ijjen ṭṭumubin d aqdim


raǧaɣ

rif-noun

raǧaɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴰⴵⴰⵖ, usually uncountable)


aqarqac

rif-adj

aqarqac (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴰⵔⵇⴰⵛ, plural iqarqacen, feminine taqarqact)

iqarqacen (plural)
taqarqact (feminine)
aqarqac (masculine singular)
iqarqacen (masculine plural)
taqarqact (feminine singular)
tiqarqacin (feminine plural)


jarr

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جر (jarr).


nnem

inu (feminine first-person masculine singular)
nneɣ (feminine first-person masculine plural)
nnec (masculine second-person singular)
nnem (feminine second-person singular)
nwem (masculine plural second-person)
nkent (feminine plural second-person)
nnes (feminine masculine singular third-person)
nsen (masculine plural third-person)
nsent (feminine plural third-person)

nnem

ṭṭumubin-a nnem


nnec

nnec

ṭṭumubin-a nnec


zzebda

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زبدة (zabda, “butter”).


nnes

iweddar-ayi isem nnes

tamurt-a nnes

taṛwa nnes


řexyar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خيار (ḵyār).


buqadiyyu

rif-noun

buqadiyyu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵇⴰⴷⵉⵢⵢⵓ)


nkent

taṛwa nkent


nneɣ

taddart nneɣ


nwem

taṛwa nwem


nsen

tudrin nsen


nsent

tudrin nsent


řbacur

tbacurt (feminine singulative)
tibacurin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic باكور (bākūr).


taryazt

rif-noun

taryazt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵢⴰⵣⵜ, usually uncountable, masculine aryaz)


řkas

řkas m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⴰⵙ, plural řkisan, diminutive tkasešt)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كاس (kās).


ddellaɛ

tadellaḥt (feminine singulative)
tidellaḥin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دلاع (dallāʕ), دلاح (dallāḥ).


rfiras

tafirast (feminine singulative)
tifirasin (plural)


ccmeɛ

tcumɛett (feminine singulative)
ticumɛatin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شمع (šmaʕ).


tteffaḥ

tateffaḥt (feminine singulative)
titeffaḥin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تفاح (tuffāḥ, teffāḥ).


arriḍa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رضا (riḍa).


azyaw

rif-noun

azyaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵡ, plural izyawen)


ṭumaṭic

tṭumaṭict (feminine singulative)
tiṭumaṭicin (plural)

Borrowed from Spanish tomates. Compare Moroccan Arabic ماطيشة (māṭīša).


tɣaṭṭ

tɣaṭṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵖⴰⵟⵟ, plural tiɣaṭṭin, masculine amyan)


amẓiw

amẓiw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵥⵉⵡ, plural amẓiwen, feminine tamẓa)


tamẓa

tamẓa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵎⵥⴰ, plural tamẓiwin or timẓiwin, masculine amẓiw)

tamẓiwin (plural)
timẓiwin (plural)
amẓiw (masculine)


ifis

ifis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⵉⵙ, plural ifisen, feminine tifist)


tacemmust

tacemmust f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⴻⵎⵎⵓⵙⵜ, plural ticemsin, masculine acemmus)


iɣeyd

iɣeyd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⴻⵢⴷ, plural iɣeyden)


amyan

amyan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵢⴰⵏ, plural imyanen, feminine tɣaṭṭ, diminutive tamiyant)

imyanen (plural)
tɣaṭṭ (feminine)
tamiyant (diminutive)


acemmus

acemmus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴻⵎⵎⵓⵙ, plural icemsan, diminutive tacemmust)


amesřem

amesřem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙⵔⴻⵎ, plural imseřmen, feminine tamesřent)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مسلم (mislim, muslim).


asnus

rif-noun

asnus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵏⵓⵙ, plural isnas, feminine tasnust)


řemḥirmet

řemḥirmet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵃⵉⵔⵎⴻⵜ, plural řemḥirmat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محرمة (maḥrama).


ǧuz

taruzect (feminine singulative)
tiruzin (plural)

From earlier lluz, from Moroccan Arabic لوز (lūz).


řbumba

rif-noun

řbumba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵎⴱⴰ, plural řbumbat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بومبة (būmba).


řbumbawat

rif-noun

řbumbawat pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵎⴱⴰⵡⴰⵜ)


bumbiyya

bumbiyya f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵎⴱⵉⵢⵢⴰ, plural bumbiyyat)


tiɣit

tiɣit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵜ, usually uncountable)


ticti

ticti f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵛⵜⵉ, plural tiyyita)


aṣurif

aṣurif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵚⵓⵔⵉⴼ, plural iṣuraf, feminine tṣurift)


tḥajit

tḥajit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵃⴰⵊⵉⵜ, plural tiḥuja)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حجاية (ḥjāya).

bor+

Tḥajit n wuccen d yinsi.
The story of the jackal and the hedgehog.


abebbic

rif-noun

abebbic m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⴱⴱⵉⵛ, plural ibebbicen)


taftitc

taftitc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵜⵉⵜⵛ, plural tiftirin, masculine aftir)


insi

insi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵏⵙⵉ, plural insawen or insan, feminine tinsit)

insawen (plural)
insan (plural)
tinsit (feminine)


afriw

afriw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵔⵉⵡ, plural afriwen, diminutive tafriwt)


attriffu

attriffu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⵜⵔⵉⴼⴼⵓ, plural ttilifunat)


řbanku

řbanku m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵏⴽⵓ, plural řbankat)


pasapurti

pasapurti m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⴰⵙⴰⵒⵓⵔⵜⵉ)


nnutir

nnutir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵓⵜⵉⵔ, plural nnutirat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أوتيل (ʔūtīl), from French hôtel.


dduc

rif-noun

dduc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓⵛ, plural dducat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دوش (dūš), from French douche.


tabɣa

tabɣa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵖⴰ, plural tabɣiwin)


ssiniyyet

ssiniyyet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⵉⵏⵉⵢⵢⴻⵜ, plural ssiniyat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صينية (ṣīniyya).


qutci

rif-noun

qutci m (Tifinagh spelling ⵇⵓⵜⵛⵉ, plural iqutciten)


řbarquq

tabarquqt (feminine singulative)
tibarquqin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برقوق (barqūq).


tafenjatc

rif-noun

tafenjatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⴻⵏⵊⴰⵜⵛ, plural tifenjařin, masculine afenjař)


balṭu

balṭu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵍⵟⵓ, plural ibulṭa)

Borrowed from Spanish paltó, from French paletot (“overcoat”).


řqubbet

řqubbet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⵓⴱⴱⴻⵜ, plural řqubbat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قبة (qubba).


řemḍeǧ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مضل (mḍall).


aḥeddad

rif-noun

aḥeddad m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴻⴷⴷⴰⴷ, plural iḥeddaden)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حداد (ḥaddād).


plantca

rif-noun

plantca f (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⵍⴰⵏⵜⵛⴰ, plural plantcat)

Borrowed from Spanish plancha (“clothes iron”).


řḥdida

rif-noun

řḥdida f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴷⵉⴷⴰ, plural řḥdidat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حديدة (ḥdīda).


azekkun

rif-noun

azekkun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⴽⴽⵓⵏ, plural izekkunen, diminutive tazekkunt)

izekkunen (plural)
tazekkunt (diminutive)


ǧubiyet

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic لوبيا (lūbya).


tassarwatc

rif-noun

tassarwatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵙⴰⵔⵡⴰⵜⵛ, masculine ssarwař)


Beljik

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


adardac

rif-adj

adardac (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔⴷⴰⵛ, plural idardacen, feminine tadardact)

idardacen (plural)
tadardact (feminine)
adardac (masculine singular)
idardacen (masculine plural)
tadardact (feminine singular)
tidardacin (feminine plural)


adardac

rif-noun

adardac m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵔⴷⴰⵛ, plural idardacen)


jjenna

Alternative form of jjennet: heaven, paradise


tařa

tařa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tařiwin)


cař

cař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⴰⵔ, plural icařen)


isři

isři m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵔⵉ, plural isřiyen)


ajjař

ajjař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵊⵊⴰⵔ, plural ijjařen, feminine tajjatc)


tiři

tiři f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵉ, usually uncountable)


abřiw

abřiw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⵡ, plural abřiwen)


třata

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلاتة (tlāta, “three”),


řectu

rif-noun

řectu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵛⵜⵓ, plural iřicta, feminine tařectut)


asři

asři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵔⵉ, plural isřiyen, feminine tasřit)


iřem

iřem m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⵎ, plural iřmawen, feminine tiřmect, diminutive tiřent)

iřmawen (plural)
tiřmect (feminine)
tiřent (diminutive)


abeř

abeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔ, plural abřiwen, diminutive tabeřt)


tiřmect

tiřmect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵎⴻⵛⵜ, plural tiřmawin or tiřmay, masculine iřem)

tiřmawin (plural)
tiřmay (plural)
iřem (masculine)


adfeř

adfeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴼⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)


awař

awař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⴰⵔ, plural iwařen or awařen, diminutive tiwařin)

iwařen (plural)
awařen (plural)
tiwařin (diminutive)


iřes

iřes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⵙ, plural iřsawen)


uř

uř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔ, plural uřawen, diminutive tutc)


ařfayn

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ألفَيْن (ʔalfayn, “two thousand”)


ařf

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ألف (ʔalf, “thousand”)


řemjar

rif-noun

řemjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵊⴰⵔ, plural řmjura)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مجر (mjar).


amejjajar

rif-noun

amejjajar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵊⵊⴰⵊⴰⵔ, plural imejjajaren, diminutive tamejjart)

imejjajaren (plural)
tamejjart (diminutive)

(anatomy) part of the ear, the area behind the pinna


tiḍḍa

tiḍḍa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⴹⴹⴰ, plural tiḍwin)


awṭeḍ

awṭeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵟⴻⴹ, plural iweṭṭaḍen)


řaɛḍes

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عدس (ʕadas).


řḥemmam

rif-noun

řḥemmam f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⵎⵎⴰⵎ, plural řḥemmamat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حمام (ḥammām).


řeqjar

rif-noun

řeqjar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵇⵊⴰⵔ, plural řeqjura)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قجر (qjar), from Spanish cajero (“teller”).


tinifet

rif-noun

tinifet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⵉⴼⴻⵜ, plural tinifin)


azřem

azřem m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵔⴻⵎ, plural izeřmawen, feminine tazřent)


taɣarct

taɣarct f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⴰⵔⵛⵜ, plural tiɣaryin)


tarjem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ترجم (tarjam).


tabṣetc

rif-noun

tabṣetc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⵚⴻⵜⵛ, plural řebṣeř or tibeṣřin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بصل (bṣal, “onion”)


řeqwam

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic إقامة (“necessary accessories”).


ǧeft

tařeftect (feminine singulative)
tařeftit (feminine singulative)
tireftiyyin (plural)


asekkum

rif-noun

asekkum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴽⴽⵓⵎ, plural isekkumen, diminutive tasekkunt)

isekkumen (plural)
tasekkunt (diminutive)


aqeffař

aqeffař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⴼⴼⴰⵔ, plural iqeffařen, diminutive taqeffatc or taqeffařt)

iqeffařen (plural)
taqeffatc (diminutive)
taqeffařt (diminutive)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قفل (qfal).

bor+

rubber ring (used as a joint between steam cookers)


ař

teqqim din ař tameddit


aɣeddiw

rif-noun

aɣeddiw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴻⴷⴷⵉⵡ, plural iɣeddiwen)


amecnaw

ur yeǧi ḥedd amecnaw cekk


abeddi

ittet s ubeddi.


ubuḍ

itubuḍ x yemma-s

(intransitive) to be spoiled, to be pampered


ubuḍ

ubuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴱⵓⴹ, plural ubuḍḍen, feminine tubuṭ)


řebɣeḍ

aversion, hatred, resentment, detestation


abřiɣ

abřiɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⵖ, plural ibřiɣen, feminine tabřiɣt)


abḍiř

abḍiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴹⵉⵔ, plural ibḍiřen)


lbaladiyya

lbaladiyya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰⴷⵉⵢⵢⴰ, plural lbaladiyyat)


bandira

bandira f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵏⴷⵉⵔⴰ, plural bandirat)


řbun

řbun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵏ, plural řbwan)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بون, from French bon (“voucher”).


řbanyu

řbanyu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵏⵢⵓ, plural ibanyuten, feminine tbanyut)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بانيو, from Spanish baño (“bath”).

plastic bucket, bowl (for laundry or washing)


buqrunis

Borrowed from Spanish boquerones (“anchovies”).


abeqqař

rif-noun

abeqqař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵇⵇⴰⵔ, plural ibeqqařen, feminine tabeqqařt)


bḍeř

fus-nnes ibḍeř

(transitive) to be disabled, to be handicapped, to be crippled


beɣbeɣ

řkas d ameqqran ibeɣbeɣ

to be filled to the brim, to be flooded, to be submerged by water


sbedd

(causative) to make stand, to raise, to erect

sbedd macina

isbedda ixeddamen


bḍa

(transitive) to divide, to share, to distribute


buǧeɛ

tuzeɣ, ur teqqim tbuǧeɛ


behdeř

(transitive) to humiliate, to dishonor, to cause an affront


buhři

yarweř břa tsiřa, ibbuhri

asbuhři

Causative: sbuhři (“to make mad”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be outrageous, to be unreasonable


beddeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بدل (baddal).

bor+

ibeddeř arruḍ-nnes

ibeddeř ɣar Meknas
He was transferred to Meknes.


buḥbeř

Possibly from Moroccan Arabic حبل (ḥabal).


buxsi

(intransitive) to extinguish, to be smothered (fire, flame)


beḥḥar

Denominal verb of tabḥirt, from Moroccan Arabic بحيرة (bḥīra, “vegetable garden”).


beḥḥar

Denominal verb of řebḥar, from Moroccan Arabic بحر (bḥar, “sea”).


beqqeř

(intransitive) to collect, to pick herbs and plants


bumbes

(intransitive) to begin getting dark or light


bna

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنى (bnā).


bkem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بکم (bkam).


belleɣ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلّغ (ballaḡ).


belleɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلع (ballaʕ).

belleɛ tawurt


biyyen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بين (bayyan).

asbiyyen

Causative: sbiyyen (“to show”); Verbal noun


barḍ

(intransitive, vulgar) to poop, to defecate


břeɣ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بلغ (blaḡ).


barcen

(intransitive) to be black, to become black

asbarcen

Causative: sbarcen (“to blacken”); Verbal noun


besseř

(intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to pester


buccex

asbuccex

Causative: sbuccex (“to swell”); Verbal noun


bezzez

(intransitive) to oblige, to force someone


bzeg

asebzeg

Causative: sebzeg (“to wet, soak”); Verbal noun


buybeḥ

(intransitive) to be hoarse, to get hoarse


beṭṭeř

(intransitive) to be absent, to be missing


beɛɛed

(intransitive) to move away, to step away


debbeb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبب (dabbab).

(intransitive) to bear, to make do, to be content with little


akeccaw

rif-noun

akeccaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⵛⵛⴰⵡ, plural ikeccawen)


debbar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبر (dabbar).

bor+

(intransitive) to find a solution, to provide, to procure

debbar xas.

(intransitive, construed with x) to troubleshoot, to help

(intransitive, construed with ak) to deal with

(intransitive, construed with i) to get by


dfar

amsedfar

Reciprocal: msedfar (“to follow eachother”); Verbal noun


dfeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دفع (dfaʕ).

(transitive) to push, to shove, to eject

(intransitive, construed with x) to pray for

(intransitive, construed with ɣar) to emigrate, to export


adef

(transitive) to enter, to penetrate, to insert

(intransitive, construed with di) to go into, to go under

asidef

Causative: sidef (“to let in, to admit”); Verbal noun

amsadaf

Reciprocal: msadef (“to interlock”); Verbal noun

(transitive, construed with x) to intrude, to encroach, to enter (onto someone's property)

(transitive, construed with ɣar) to join, to enlist

(transitive, construed with ak) to accompany, to form an alliance with

(transitive, construed with jar) to intervene, to interpose


dbeɣ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبغ (dbaḡ).

(transitive) to take on a dark complexion


dehwar

(intransitive) to be distracted, to be dizzy

asdehwar

Causative: sdehwar (“to stun by hitting the head”); Verbal noun


dḥa

(transitive) to become, to transform, to metamorphose


deḥḥes

(transitive) to be cramped, to be constrained, to be confined


lkitab

rif-noun

lkitab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴽⵉⵜⴰⴱ, plural lkutub)


dḥec

asedḥec

Causative: sedḥec (“to make laugh, to entertain”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with x) to mock, to ridicule, to sneer


ddhar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضهر (ḍahr, “summit”).


dexfar

(intransitive) to leave, to disappear (suddenly)


dhec

(intransitive) to be astonished, to be amazed, to be stunned

asedhec

Causative: sedhec (“to astonish, surprise”); Verbal noun


dukel

(intransitive, Eastern Tarifit) to be with companionship, friends


duhcar

(intransitive) to be deaf, to become deaf

(intransitive) to be stunned (by a blow)

asduhcar

Causative: sduhcar (“to deafen; to stun”); Verbal noun


duxxen

asduxxen

Causative: sduxxen (“to punch, hit”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to have a dull, charred face


dden

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أدن (ʔaddan).


diqq

(intransitive) to be irritated, to be exasperated, to be frustrated

asdiqqi

Causative: sdiqq (“to irritate, to frustrate”); Verbal noun

amdiyeq

Reciprocal: mdiyeq (“to quarrel”); Verbal noun


ddar

aseddar

Causative: seddar (“to revive, to vivify”); Verbal noun


dqeř

asedqeř

Causative: sedqeř (“to weigh down”); Verbal noun


deř

(transitive) to cover, to wrap, to envelop


ddenb

rif-noun

ddenb m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵏⴱ, plural ddnub or ddunub)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دنب (danb).


darrej

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic درج (darraj).


udrus

(intransitive) to be scarce, to be insufficient

asudres

Causative: sudres (“to lessen, reduce”); Verbal noun


deɛdeɛ

(intransitive) to be overfull, to be crowded

(intransitive) to be knocked down (by illness)


diyyeɛ

(transitive) to disclose a secret, to slander


dweř

(transitive) to become, to turn into, to transform [with d]

(transitive) to become like, to match [with am]

(intransitive) to become, to increase (number)


darreɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic درع (darraʕ).


ddez

amruddez

Reciprocal: mruddez (“to fight, to quarrel”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to crush, to pound, to hammer


dewwex

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دوخ (dawwaḵ).

(transitive) to be dizzy, to have vertigo

asdewwex

Causative: sdewwex (“to make dizzy”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to be delirious, to be derailed, to be foolish


dɛa

(transitive) to sue, to file a lawsuit, to summon to court

amsedɛa

Reciprocal: msedɛa (“to sue each other”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with x) to anathematize, to curse


dewwec

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دوّش (dawwaš).

(intransitive) to shower, to take a shower


ḍu

seḍwi

Causative: sḍu (“to make fly”); Verbal noun

(transitive, figuratively) to pass quickly (e.g. time), to do quickly


ḍbeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طبع (ṭbaʕ).

(intransitive, construed with x) to stamp, to seal, to imprint

(intransitive) to be well-mannered, to be charming


ḍhar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضهر (ḍhar).

(intransitive) to appear, to emerge, to manifest, to be visible

aseḍhar

Causative: seḍhar (“to reveal, show”); Verbal noun


aḍen

aṣiden

Causative: siḍen (“to cause an inflammation”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to have an inflammation (in the eye)


ḍuqqez

(intransitive) to explode, to detonate, to burst

asḍuqqez

Causative: sḍuqqez (“to make burst, to puncture”); Verbal noun


ddman

rif-noun

ddman m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵎⴰⵏ, plural ddmanat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دمان (dmān).


ḍmen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضمن (ḍman).


ḍnez

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طنز (ṭnaz).

(intransitive) to mock, to taunt, to sneer


ḍmeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طمع (ṭmaʕ).

aṣedmeɛ

Causative: seḍmeɛ (“to entice”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to desire, to covet, to yearn


ḍarr

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضر (ḍarr).

(transitive) to harm, to damage, to injure


ḍaḍar

(intransitive) to be deaf, to become deaf

asḍarḍar

Causative: sḍaḍar (“to deafen”); Verbal noun


ḍur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دار (dār).

(intransitive) to wander, to prowl, to patrol


ḍřem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضلم (ḍlam).

(transitive) to offend, to commit an injustice, to oppress


ḍarn

asemḍarn

Causative: semḍarn (“to turn”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be swollen, to be dilated


ḍarref

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طرّف (ṭarraf).

(transitive) to patch, to repair (e.g. shoes)


ḍřeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طلق (ṭlaq).

aseḍřeq

Causative: seḍřeq (“to let go”); Verbal noun

aneḍřeq

Passive: neḍřeq (“to be spread out”); Verbal noun


ḍewwar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دور (dawwar).

asḍewwar

Causative: sḍewwar (“to rotate”); Verbal noun


ḍiyyeɛ

(transitive) to waste, to spend, to squander


ḍawweɛ

(transitive) to submit, to obey, to be obedient


ḍarres

(intransitive) to grind, to chatter (the teeth)

asḍarres

Causative: sḍarres (“to cause the grinding of teeth”); Verbal noun


ḍɛef

aseḍɛef

Causative: seḍɛef (“to weaken”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be weak, to become weak


ḍewweř

(transitive) to extend, to lengthen (someone's time or life)


ffu

(intransitive) to be in the morning, to be at dawn

(intransitive) to appear, to spread (light, day)


ffud

asfadi

Causative: sfad (“to make thirsty”); Verbal noun


feǧeḥ

(transitive) to [[farm], ]to cultivate, to practice agriculture


fḍar

(intransitive) to have breakfast, to eat breakfast


fna

(intransitive, construed with x) to feel resentment


fḍeḥ

(transitive) to dishonor, to shame, to disgrace

anefḍeḥ

Passive: nefḍeḥ (“to be exposed, denounced”); Verbal noun


fennen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فنّن (fennen).


ffeɣ

(intransitive) to exit, to go out, to leave

asufeɣ

Causative: sufeɣ (“to let out”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with di) to publish, to issue, to be published

(intransitive, construed with di) to display, to show (symptoms of an illness)

(intransitive, construed with x) to quit, to abandon

(intransitive, construed with x) to discover, to solve

(intransitive, construed with zi) to gush, to emanate


fxes

(intransitive) to have internal bleeding


fuḥ

(intransitive) to be perfumed, to smell good


afeř

asifeř

Causative: sifeř (“to coat with tannin, to tan”); Verbal noun

aneffeř

neffeř (“to coat with tannin, to tan”); Verbal noun


fqed

(transitive) to think about someone absent

(transitive) to be missing, to be lacking


fqiqqes

asefqiqqes

Causative: sefqiqqes (“to torment”); Verbal noun

anefqes

Passive: sefqiqqes (“to be tormented”); Verbal noun


fhem

asefhem

Causative: sefhem (“to explain”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to understand, to comprehend, to grasp

amsefhem

Reciprocal: msefhem (“to reach an understanding”); Verbal noun


fekkar

asfekkar

Causative: sfekkar (“to make recall”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with di) to think, to reflect


ffar

anuffar

nuffar (“to hide, to be hidden”); Verbal noun


fruri

(intransitive) to crumble, to disintegrate

(intransitive) to hatch, to emerge (from an egg)

asefruri

Causative: sefruri (“to hatch an egg”); Verbal noun


fřed

(intransitive) to be numb, to be frozen, to be paralyzed

asefřad

Causative: sefřed (“to numb, to freeze”); Verbal noun

anefřed

nefřed (“to numb, to freeze”); Verbal noun


farɣ

(intransitive) to be twisted, to be deformed, to be curved


farreɣ

asfarreɣ

Causative: sfarreɣ (“to empty”); Verbal noun


farḥ

(intransitive) to be happy, to be cheerful, to be satisfied

asefreḥ

Causative: sfarḥ (“to rejoice, to delight”); Verbal noun


farḍ

(transitive, derogatory) to drink (quickly)


firnen

asfirnen

Causative: sfirnen (“to make smile”); Verbal noun


farrej

(intransitive) to relieve, to console, to comfort


firrej

(intransitive) to attend a show, to be entertained

asfirrej

Causative: sfirrej (“to entertain”); Verbal noun


farq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فرق, from Arabic فَرَّقَ (farraqa, “to divide”).

(transitive) to share, to divide, to distribute

amsefraq

Passive: msefraq (“to be divided, to be composed of”); Verbal noun


afes

(intransitive, derogatory) to force-feed


fses

(intransitive) to be light, to become light

asefses

Causative: sefses (“to lighten, to make light”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be fast, to be quick, to be prompt


fsu

(transitive) to blossom, to bud, to flourish, to flower

(transitive) to shred, to tear (an animal or forest)


fsi

(transitive) to untie, to detach, to undo

(transitive) to disassemble, to dismantle

(transitive) to melt, to thaw, to dissolve


fsar

(transitive) to spread, to spread out (linen, fabric; fruits to dry)


ffeẓ

asruffeẓ

Causative: sruffeẓ (“to crumple, to gibber”); Verbal noun


afey

(intransitive, Eastern) to fly, to fly away (bird)


fewwar

asfewwar

Causative: sfuwer (“to steam, to evaporate”); Verbal noun


ggʷed

(intransitive) to fear, to dread, to be afraid

asiggʷed

Causative: siggʷed (“to frighten, to scare”); Verbal noun


genfa

(intransitive) to be cured, to be healed

(intransitive) to heal, to cure, to recover

asgenfi

Causative: sgenfa (“to cure, to heal”); Verbal noun


garreɛ

asgarreɛ

Causative: sgarreɛ (“to make burp”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, figuratively) to tell the whole truth


geɛgeɛ

(intransitive) to be ostentatious, to be pretentious


aggʷej

(intransitive) to be far, to be far away

(intransitive) to move away, to relocate


geɛɛed

(transitive) to go up, to climb, to ascend

asgeɛɛed

Causative: sgeɛɛed (“to lift, to hold up”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, construed with x) to set off (on foot)


farz

(intransitive) to distinguish, to discern

asefraz

Causative: sfarz (“to explain, to clarify; to articulate”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be conceived, to be fertilized, to be begotten


txancet

rif-noun

txancet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵅⴰⵏⵛⴻⵜ, plural tixuncay)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خنشة (ḵanša).


akeccuḍ

rif-noun

akeccuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⵛⵛⵓⴹ, plural ikeccuḍen, diminutive takeccuṭ)

ikeccuḍen (plural)
takeccuṭ (diminutive)


tabḍiṭ

tabḍiṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴹⵉⵟ, plural tibḍidin)


takeccuṭ

takeccuṭ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴻⵛⵛⵓⵟ, plural tikeccuḍin, masculine akeccuḍ)


tabedɛect

tabedɛect f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴻⴷⵄⴻⵛⵜ, plural tibedɛiyyin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بدعية (badʕiya).

bor+

tunic, loose garment (traditional dress)


abeḥrur

rif-noun

abeḥrur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵃⵔⵓⵔ, plural ibeḥrar, feminine tabeḥrurt)


abilaj

abilaj m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵉⵍⴰⵊ, plural ibilajen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ڤيلاج, from French village.


injan

injan pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵏⵊⴰⵏ, construct state yinjan)


řewsex

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic وسخ (wasaḵ, “dirt”).


tasiyyaqt

rif-noun

tasiyyaqt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵉⵢⵢⴰⵇⵜ, plural tisiyyaqin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سِيّق (siyyeq, “to mop”).


takarraṭ

rif-noun

takarraṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴰⵔⵔⴰⵟ, plural tikarraḍin)


tasɣart

tasɣart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵖⴰⵔⵜ, plural tisɣar or tiseqqar)


afiǧus

afiǧus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵉⴵⵓⵙ, plural ifiǧusen, feminine tfiǧust)

From earlier afillus, from Latin pullus (“young animal”).


afeǧuc

afeǧuc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⴵⵓⵛ, plural ifeǧucen, feminine tafeǧuct)

bundle, bunch (of grain tied with straw)


afeǧay

afeǧay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⴵⴰⵢ, plural ifeǧayen)


řḥeqq

řḥeqq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⵇⵇ, plural řḥquq)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حقّ (ḥaqq).


ǧem

(transitive) to twist (to make a film or rope)


amrabeḍ

rif-noun

amrabeḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵔⴰⴱⴻⴹ, plural imrabḍen, feminine tamrabeṭ)


ǧaẓ

(intransitive) to be hungry, to be starving


aǧeɣ

asiǧeɣ

Causative: siǧeɣ (“to deepen”); Verbal noun


xřeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خلق (ḵalaq).

bor+

(transitive) to produce, to create, to beget


cemm

you (feminine second person singular pronoun)


ruḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic راح (rāḥ).

(transitive) to be gone, to be lost, to be destroyed; to die


nitni

they (masculine third person plural pronoun)


kennint

you (feminine second person plural pronoun)


ṣbeḥ

(intransitive) to dawn, to begin (the day)


xřa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خلا (ḵalā).

(transitive) to desert, to abandon, to vacate


xřa

(transitive) to ruin, to devastate, to ravage


řaɣa

(intransitive) to call, to call out, to shout


aziř

day, daytime (part of the day when the sun is shining)


cekk

you (masculine second person singular pronoun)


kenniw

you (masculine second person plural pronoun)


řɛabuq

scent, smell (one that is unpleasant, suffocating)


řɛib

rif-noun

řɛib m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵉⴱ, plural řɛyub)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عيب (“ʕīb”).


řeɛdab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عذاب (ʕaḏāb).


řeɛbar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عبار (ʕbār).


lɛuṭla

rif-noun

lɛuṭla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵓⵟⵍⴰ, plural lɛuṭlat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عطلة (ʕuṭla).


lɛibada

rif-noun

lɛibada f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵉⴱⴰⴷⴰ, plural lɛibadat)


řɛebd

řɛebd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⴱⴷ, plural řɛibad)


řɛadeř

řɛadeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⴷⴻⵔ, plural řeɛduř)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عادل (ʕādal).


aɣarf

rif-noun

aɣarf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⴰⵔⴼ, plural iɣarfiwen)


taɣřaft

taɣřaft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴰⴼⵜ, plural tiɣřafin, masculine aɣřaf)


taynnurt

taynnurt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⵏⵏⵓⵔⵜ, plural tinura)


ayřaf

ayřaf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⵔⴰⴼ, plural iyřafen or iyuřaf)


aɣřaf

aɣřaf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵔⴰⴼ, plural iɣuřaf, diminutive taɣřaft)


řexbar

řexbar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵅⴱⴰⵔ, plural řxbarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خبر (ḵabar).


řeɛgez

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عجز (ʕgaz).


řɛahed

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عهد (ʕahd).

(Judaism, Christianity) covenant, testament


řeɛḍes

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عدس (ʕadas).


lɛazima

rif-noun

lɛazima f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⴰⵣⵉⵎⴰ, plural lɛazimat)


řeɛẓafar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عظافر (ʕẓāfar).


řɛid

rif-noun

řɛid m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵉⴷ, plural řɛyud)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عيد (ʕīd).


leɛyaḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عياط (ʕyāṭ).


řeɛwin

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عوين (ʕwīn, “help”).


řemɛawnet

rif-noun

řemɛawnet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵄⴰⵡⵏⴻⵜ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عون (ʕawn).


lɛilla

rif-noun

lɛilla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵉⵍⵍⴰ, plural lɛillat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عايلة (ʕāyla).


řeɛwetc

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عولة (ʕawla).

foodstuff, provisions, supplies, sustenance


řeɛṭur

rif-noun

řeɛṭur pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵟⵓⵔ, feminine tɛaṭeritc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عطرية (ʕaṭriyya).


řeɛwacar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عواشر (ʕwāšar).


řemɛacart

rif-noun

řemɛacart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵄⴰⵛⴰⵔⵜ)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic معشر (mʕašar).


řeɛcur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشّر (ʕaššar).

customs duty, customs tax (payment on imported goods)


řɛacart

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشير (ʕašīr).


řɛaṣar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عصر (ʕaṣr).

(Islam) asr, the afternoon islamic prayer


řɛarc

rif-noun

řɛarc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵔⵛ, plural řeɛruc)


řeɛceq

řeɛceq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵛⴻⵇ, plural řaɛcaq)


řɛecbet

řɛecbet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⵛⴱⴻⵜ, plural řeɛcub)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشب (ʕušb).


lɛalam

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عالم (ʕālam).


řɛarbun

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عربون (ʕarbūn).


řɛaraḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عَرَض (ʕaraḍ).


řɛar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عار (ʕār).


řeɛřef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic علف (ʕalf).


amednub

rif-noun

amednub m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴷⵏⵓⴱ, plural imednuben)


řɛarṣet

řɛarṣet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵔⵚⴻⵜ, plural řeɛraṣi)


řeɛca

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشاء (ʕišāʔ).

bor+

(Islam) isha, the evening/night islamic prayer


řɛaqd

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقد (ʕqad).


řɛenzi

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عنز (ʕanz).


lɛuquba

rif-noun

lɛuquba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵓⵇⵓⴱⴰ, plural lɛuqubat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقوبة (ʕuqūba).


řɛamiř

rif-noun

řɛamiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵎⵉⵔ, plural řɛummař)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عامل (ʕāmil).


řmeɛna

rif-noun

řmeɛna f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵄⵏⴰ, plural řemɛani)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic معنى (maʕna).


řeɛmar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عمر (ʕmar).


aɛqiq

rif-noun

aɛqiq m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵇⵉⵇ, plural iɛaqiqen)


taɛqiqt

taɛqiqt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⵇⵉⵇⵜ, plural tiɛeqqayin, masculine aɛeqqa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقيق (ʕaqīq).


taɛenkbut

rif-noun

taɛenkbut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⵏⴽⴱⵓⵜ, plural tiɛenkba)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عنكبوت (ʕankbūt).


aɛmud

rif-noun

aɛmud m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵎⵓⴷ, plural iɛmuden)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عمود (ʕamūd).


tawarta

rif-noun

tawarta f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⴰⵔⵜⴰ, plural tiwartiwin)


qqim

asɣimi

Causative: sɣim (“to seat”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, transitive) to sit, to sit down

(intransitive, transitive) to settle down

(intransitive, transitive) to stay, to remain


xemmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمّل (ḵammal).

bor+

(transitive) to keep, to preserve, to save


xemmem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمم (ḵammam, “to think”). Compare Maltese ħammem (“to ruminate”).


ḥri

(transitive, figuratively) to grumble, to complain


xdem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خدم (ḵdam, “to work”).

(transitive, construed with x) to maintain, to feed, to provide


ɣři

(intransitive) to go down, to set (celestial body)

(intransitive) to disappear under, to slip under


wwet

amsawat

Reciporal: msawet (“to strike each other”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to shoot, to detonate, to bombard

(transitive) to drink, to imbibe (alcohol)


seř

ameseř

Passive: meseř (“to be heard”); Verbal noun


irḍ

(transitive) to dress, to clothe, to put on (clothing)


sřiř

(transitive) to gild, to silver, to coat (with metal)


ařiři

rif-noun

ařiři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⵔⵉ, plural iřiřawen, feminine tařiřit)

Cognate with Latin Volubilis and Northern Saharan Berber alili (“oleander”).

cog

Nerium oleander
Nerium oleander#Translingual


arɣ

(intransitive) to be lit (fire or light)

(intransitive) to burn, to fire, to flare, to ignite


řɣeɣ

(intransitive) to be soft, to be smooth, to be supple

(intransitive) to be gentle to the touch

(intransitive) to be tender (of meat and vegetables)


aři

From Proto-Berber *aly-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕal-, compare Hebrew עָלָה (ʕālā, “to ascend, rise, go up”), Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya, “to be high, exalted”), عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (ʕly, “to ascend”), Egyptian jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵍⵢ (aly, “to climb, go up”).

asiři

Causative: siři (“to raise up, to elevate”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to mount, to climb on top of


Arrendan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمضان (ramaḍān).


ẓumm

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صام (“ṣām”).

(transitive) to fast (period of abstainment, usually from food and drink)


ẓẓeř

(intransitive) to stretch out, to expand


ṭelleq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طلق (ṭallaq).


ṭṭes

asuḍes

Causative: suḍes (“to make sleep”); Verbal noun


ṭṭeḍ

asuṭṭeḍ

Causative: suṭṭed (“to breastfeed”); Verbal noun


ṭṭef

aṭwaṭṭef

Passive: ṭwaṭṭef (“to be taken, to be held”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to apprehend, to restrain


mɣar

(intransitive) to be large, to become large

asemɣar

Causative: semɣar (“to raise, to educate; to enlarge”); Verbal noun


ɣmi

(intransitive) to germinate, to develop, to grow (plant)

aseɣmi

Causative: seɣmi (“to make develop; to give branches, buds”); Verbal noun


řmed

aseřmed

Causative: seřmed (“to teach”); Verbal noun


smeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سمح (samaḥa).

(intransitive) to forgive, to excuse, to absolve

(intransitive) to give up, to abandon, to forsake


smeḍ

anusmeḍ

Passive: nusmeḍ (“to be cold”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to become cold, to cool down

asesmeḍ

Causative: sesmeḍ (“to chill; to cool; to freshen”); Verbal noun


sellek

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلك (sallak).

(transitive) to be content with, to cope with, to be satisfied (with little)


sexxar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سخّر (saḵḵar).

(transitive) to send, to commission (to do a job)


ɛawen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عون (ʕawn).

(transitive) to aid, to assist, to support


tuffut

rif-noun

tuffut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⴼⴼⵓⵜ, plural tuffutin)

From ffu (“to be in the morning”) + t- -t (“affixes to form feminine noun”).


ameẓřuḍ

rif-noun

ameẓřuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵥⵔⵓⴹ, plural imezřad)


acfiř

acfiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴼⵉⵔ, plural icfiřen)

Agave americana
Agave americana#Translingual


aṭṭan

aṭṭan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵟⵟⴰⵏ, plural aṭṭanen)


aṣḍiř

aṣḍiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵚⴹⵉⵔ, plural iṣḍiřen)

Ultimately from Latin situla (“a vessel used to hold water”).


tnifest

rif-noun

tnifest m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵏⵉⴼⴻⵙⵜ, plural tinifas)


tanfust

tanfust m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵓⵙⵜ, plural tinfas)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber tanfust (“tale, story”).

cog

Tanfust n wuccen d yinsi.
The story of the jackal and the hedgehog.


abuqař

rif-noun

abuqař m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵓⵇⴰⵔ, plural ibuqařen, diminutive tabuqatc)

Cognate with Kabyle abuqal and Italian boccale (“jug”).


tinefra

tinefra m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵏⴻⴼⵔⴰ, plural tinefrawin)


naɣ

(intransitive) to be stuck, to be entangled

asnuɣi

Causative: snaɣ (“to jam, to entangle”); Verbal noun


nfeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نفع (nfaʕ).

bor+

(transitive) to be useful, to be of service


neffeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نفح (naffaḥ).


nneḍ

amunneḍ

Passive: munneḍ (“to be tangled, to be in difficulty”); Verbal noun

asunneḍ

Causative: sunneḍ (“to swaddle”); Verbal noun


ndef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ندف (nadaf, “to tease, to comb cotton”).

(transitive) to aggravate a wound, to irritate, to make painful

asendef

Causative: sendef (“to aggravate a wound”); Verbal noun


ndeh

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نده (ndah).


ndeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نطق (naṭaq).

(intransitive) to articulate, to pronounce, to utter


anedrar

rif-noun

anedrar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⴷⵔⴰⵔ, plural inurar)


muzzar

asmuzzar

Causative: smuzzar (“to make rabid; to enrage”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be rabid, to have rabies

(intransitive) to be rotten (fish, meat)


meyyeř

(intransitive) to tilt, to incline, to lean

asmiyyeř

Causative: smiyyeř (“to lean, to incline”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be bent, to be inclined


mẓi

(transitive) to shrink, to diminish, to reduce (in size)

asemẓi

Causative: semẓi (“to shrink; to rejuvenate”); Verbal noun


seysu

Seysu s uceffay


miɣis

rif-adj

miɣis (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵉⵖⵉⵙ, plural imiɣisen, feminine tmiɣist)

Necc d miɣis


amessendu

rif-noun

amessendu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙⵙⴻⵏⴷⵓ, plural imessenda)


ursřa

ursřa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵔⵙⵔⴰ, plural ursřawen, feminine tursřa)


abernus

abernus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔⵏⵓⵙ, plural ibernusen)


mses

(intransitive) to be bland, to be tasteless

asemses

Causative: semses (“to make bland”); Verbal noun


mseḥ

asemseḥ

Causative: semseḥ (“to make wipe”); Verbal noun


marẓ

(intransitive) to hurt, to injure one's head

(intransitive) to hit someone on the head

amsemraẓ

Reciprocal: msemraẓ (“to hit each other on the head”); Verbal noun


mřec

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملك (mallak).


ariṭṭi

rif-noun

ariṭṭi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉⵟⵟⵉ, plural iriṭṭan)

Probably from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “reddish”)


arruy

rif-noun

arruy m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⵓⵢ, plural arruyen)


acmin

acmin m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵎⵉⵏ, plural icminen)


isɣi

isɣi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵖⵉ, plural isɣan)


ddamus

ddamus m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴰⵎⵓⵙ, plural dwames)


amessas

rif-adj

amessas (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙⵙⴰⵙ, plural imessasen, feminine tamessast)

imessasen (plural)
tamessast (feminine)
amessas (masculine singular)
imessasen (masculine plural)
tamessast (feminine singular)
timessasin (feminine plural)


buharru

rif-noun

buharru m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵀⴰⵔⵔⵓ, plural ibuharruten, feminine tbuharrut)

ibuharruten (plural)
tbuharrut (feminine)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber war (“lion”), Tachawit ar (“lion”), Egyptian rw:Z1 (rw, “lion”), Nefusa wär (“lion”), Zenaga war (“lion”), Somali aar (“lion”), Proto-Central Chadic *ruw- (“hyena, wild cat”), Mubi ʔórúwà (“lion”) and Tumak ǝ̄rǝ̄w (“leopard”).


řemrayt

rif-noun

řemrayt m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵔⴰⵢⵜ, plural řemrayat)


ayeddim

ayeddim m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⴷⴷⵉⵎ, plural iyeddimen)


taṣḍart

taṣḍart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵚⴹⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiṣuḍar)


taqqa

Juniperus oxycedrus
Juniperus oxycedrus#Translingual


timeǧi

Udem-nnes yumes s tmeǧi.


tuddint

tuddint m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⴷⴷⵉⵏⵜ, plural tuddimin)


afḍiḍ

afḍiḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴹⵉⴹ, plural ifḍiḍen)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber afḍiḍ.


tiseɣnest

tiseɣnest m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵙⴻⵖⵏⴻⵙⵜ, plural tiseɣnas)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber tiseɣnest.


uccay

uccay m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵛⵛⴰⵢ, plural uccayen)

Cognate with Kabyle uccay and Tashelhit uskay.

Iyemmar zeggʷ uccay-nnes.
He hunts using his greyhound.


murḍes

(intransitive) to be suffocated, to be asphyxiated

asmurḍes

Causative: smurḍes (“to strange, to suffocate”); Verbal noun

(intransitive, by extension) to die (without professing faith as a believer)

(intransitive, by extension) to die (without being slaughtered)


aseǧuf

aseǧuf m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⴻⴵⵓⴼ, plural iseǧufen, diminutive taseǧuft)


emř

(intransitive) to indicate, to point out


meǧeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملح (mallaḥ).


iseřwan

Udem-nnes yumes s yiseřwan.


mřeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملح (mlaḥ).


mřeř

(transitive) to be spotless, to be immaculate


Mlilt

desctree

→ Arabic: مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)
→ Spanish: Melilla
→ English: Melilla

Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco)


mneɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic منع (mnaʕ).

bor+

asemneɛ

Causative: semneɛ (“to forbid”); Verbal noun


Lquran

Borrowed from Arabic القرآن (al-qurʔān).


řḥarf

rif-noun

řḥarf m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴰⵔⴼ, plural řḥuruf or lḥuruf)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حرف (ḥarf).


iẓi

rif-noun

iẓi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵥⵉ, plural iẓiwen)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber iẓi.


taẓutc

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber taẓult.


tadřa

tadřa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵔⴰ, plural tadřiwin)


ideɣ

ideɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⴻⵖ, plural idɣan)


ɣnes

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber ɣnes.

Tɣennes řizar s tseɣnas.


abrid n uřum

abrid n uřum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ ⵏ ⵓⵔⵓⵎ, plural ibriden n uřum)

abrid (“path”) + n (“of”) + uřum (“hay”), literally “path of hay”.


tqiccat

rif-noun

tqiccat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵇⵉⵛⵛⴰⵜ, plural tqicciwin)


aɣiřas

aɣiřas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵖⵉⵔⴰⵙ, plural iɣiřasen)

Aɣiřas ineqq yiṭan.

Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus#Translingual


azḍi

azḍi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴹⵉ, plural izeḍyan)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber azḍi (“spindle”).


zeḍ

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber zeṭṭ (“to weave”).


azeṭṭa

rif-noun

azeṭṭa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵟⵟⴰ, plural izeḍwan)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber azeṭṭa (“loom”).


awriǧi

awriǧi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵔⵉⴵⵉ, plural iwriǧiyen)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber awlelli (“spider”).


artiřa

rif-noun

artiřa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵜⵉⵔⴰ, plural artiřat)

Ultimately from Latin aranea (“spider”).
Cognate with Kabyle artila (“spider”).


tayarsa

tayarsa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⴰⵔⵙⴰ, plural tiyarsiwin)


anitci

anitci m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⵉⵜⵛⵉ, plural initcan)


amsed

amsed m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵙⴻⴷ, plural imesdawen)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber amsed (“whetstone”).


ccrab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شراب (šrāb).


ikuffan

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber icuffan (“foam”).


kteb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كتب (katab).

bor+

(intransitive) to be written, dictated by God


kiyyef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كيّف (kiyyaf).


mjar

asemjar

Causative: semjar (“to harvest”); Verbal noun


mxumbeř

asemxumbeř

Causative: semxumbeř (“to entangle, to confuse”); Verbal noun

(intransitive) to be entangled, to be muddled, to be confused


mɣaḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مغّط (maḡḡaṭ).

(intransitive) to stretch out on the ground


kkar

(intransitive, construed with ak) to provoke, to challenge

(intransitive, construed with ak) to rebel, to revolt


carz

(transitive, construed with x) to exploit, to take advantage of


kebb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كب (kabb).


kemmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كمّل (kammal).

(intransitive, construed with x) to kill


kmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كمل (kamal).

(intransitive) to be finished, to be completed, to be accomplished


akeffif

rif-noun

akeffif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⴼⴼⵉⴼ, plural ikeffifen)


mḥeḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حط (ḥaṭṭa).


nnuɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نوع (nūʕ).


tacḍect

rif-noun

tacḍect m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵛⴹⴻⵛⵜ, plural ticeḍyin)


tarewsa

Tarewsa n yiḥuřiyen.


uffař

uffař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴼⴼⴰⵔ, plural uffřan)

Ferula communis
Ferula communis#Translingual


tiwura n ujenna

tiwura n ujenna m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵡⵓⵔⴰ ⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ)

tiwura (“gates”) + n (“of”) + ujenna (“sky”), literally “gates of the sky”.


jjuf

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جوف (jūf).


jiyyef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جيّف (jiyyaf).

bor+

(transitive) to strangle, to suffocate, to asphyxiate


jaweb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جاوب (jāwab).


jiwen

(transitive) to be satisfied, to be satiated

asyiwen

Causative: syiwen (“to satisfy”); Verbal noun


jjeř

(intransitive) to lose a spouse (by divorce or death)


jmeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جمع (jmaʕ).

(transitive) to gather, to collect, to assemble

anejmeɛ

Passive: nnejmeɛ (“to be gathered”); Verbal noun

(transitive) to accumulate, to hoard, to amass

(transitive) to add, to make an addition

(transitive) to move, to bend (ones limbs)


ǧeɣ

Cognate with Kabyle lleɣ and Northern Saharan Berber lleɣ.


uskir

rif-noun

uskir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵔ, plural uskiren)


jdeb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جْدب (jdab).

bor+

(intransitive, construed with x) to get angry with


jaǧ

(intransitive) to take an oath, to bind one self by an oath


jbed

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جبد (jbad).

(transitive) to provoke, to offend someone

anejbed

nejbed (“to stretch, to widen”); Verbal noun


xzar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خزر (ḵzar).

(intransitive) to think, to reflect, to ponder


xiyyeq

asxiyyeq

Causative: sxiyyeq (“to anger”); Verbal noun

amxiyyeq

Reciprocal: mxiyyeq (“to anger each other”); Verbal noun


hna

(transitive) to have peace, to be calm, to be quiet


hdem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هدم (hdam).

(transitive) to demolish, to destroy, to wreck

asehdam

Causative: sehdem (“to demolish”); Verbal noun


hřec

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هلك (halak).

(intransitive) to be sick, to be ill, to be suffering (from an ailment)


taqedditt

rif-noun

taqedditt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⴻⴷⴷⵉⵜⵜ, plural tiqeddidin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قديد (qaddīd, “jerky”).


arremman

taremmant (feminine singulative)
taremmanin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمان (rumman).


cciba

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شيبة (šība).

Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium#Translingual

wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)


qeccar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قشر (qaššar).

(transitive) to peel, to husk, to shell, to hull

(transitive) to chip, to scrape, to scrape

(transitive, figurative) to be shameless, to be brazen


taremmant

rif-noun

taremmant f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴻⵎⵎⴰⵏⵜ, plural arremman or taremmanin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمانة (rummana).


qřa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قلى (qala).


aqeccar

rif-noun

aqeccar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵇⴻⵛⵛⴰⵔ, plural iqeccura or iqeccaren, feminine taqeccart)

iqeccura (plural)
iqeccaren (plural)
taqeccart (feminine)


ccabab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شباب (šabāb).


řebhimet

rif-noun

řebhimet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴱⵀⵉⵎⴻⵜ, plural řebhayem)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بهيمة (bhīma).


ddabbet

rif-noun

ddabbet m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴰⴱⴱⴻⵜ, plural ddwab)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دابة (dābba).


ameysa

rif-noun

ameysa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵢⵙⴰ, plural imiysawen, feminine tameysawt)


amcum

amcum m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵛⵓⵎ, plural imcumen, feminine tamcunt)


řehna

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هْنَا (hnā).


ttellaja

rif-noun

ttellaja f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⴻⵍⵍⴰⵊⴰ, plural ttellajat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلاجة (tallāja).


nibira

Borrowed from Spanish nevera (“refrigerator”).


tadɣaɣat

rif-noun

tadɣaɣat f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵖⴰⵖⴰⵜ, plural tidɣaɣatin)


aẓři

aẓři m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵥⵔⵉ, plural iẓeřyawen)

Aẓři n tudart.


řqarn

řqarn m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴰⵔⵏ, plural řeqrun)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قرن (qarn).


zemmem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زمم (zammam).

(intransitive) to record, to note, to inscribe


ttaqafa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تقافة (taqāfa).


ccaɛir

rif-noun

ccaɛir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴰⵄⵉⵔ, plural ccuɛara)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شاعر (šāʕir).


ameɣnas

rif-noun

ameɣnas m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵖⵏⴰⵙ, plural imeɣnas, feminine tameɣnast)


taqessist

taqessist f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⴻⵙⵙⵉⵙⵜ, plural tiqessisin)


muḍahara

muḍahara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⴹⴰⵀⴰⵔⴰ, plural muḍaharat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مضاهرة (muḍāhara).


lbayyina

rif-noun

lbayyina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵢⵢⵉⵏⴰ, plural lbayyinat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بينة (bayyina).


ddrari

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دراري (drāri).


nnacaṭ

rif-noun

nnacaṭ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⴰⵛⴰⵟ, plural anciṭa)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نشاط (našāṭ).


Tafransist

rif-noun

Tafransist f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵏⵙⵉⵙⵜ)

Derived from Moroccan Arabic فرنسيس (fransīs, “the French”).


acifur

rif-noun

acifur m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⵉⴼⵓⵔ, plural icifuren)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شيفور (šīfūr), from French chauffeur.


tawrirt

rif-noun

tawrirt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⵔⵉⵔⵜ, plural tiwririn)


warɣ

From Proto-Afroasiatic *wVraq- (“green ~ yellow”). Cognate with Egyptian wꜣḏ (“green”), Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow, leaf”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵡⵔⵉⵖ (wriɣ, “yellow”).

cog

(intransitive) to be yellow, to become yellow


ɛzizi

rif-noun

ɛzizi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵄⵣⵉⵣⵉ, plural ɛzizen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عزيز (ʕzīz).