řbař

rif-noun

řbař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بال (bāl).


lmuɛellim

lmuɛellim m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵎⵓⵄⴻⵍⵍⵉⵎ, plural lmuɛellimat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic معلم (muʕallim).


řeɛqeř

rif-noun

řeɛqeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵇⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقل (ʕqal).


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).


řɣaraḍ

rif-noun

řɣaraḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵖⴰⵔⴰⴹ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic غرض (ḡaraḍ).


ssekwila

rif-noun

ssekwila f (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴻⴽⵡⵉⵍⴰ, plural ssekwilat)

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


ssabab

rif-noun

ssabab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⴰⴱⴰⴱ, plural rsbab)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سبب (sabab).


ccekk

rif-noun

ccekk m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⵛⴻⴽⴽ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شك (šakk).


stilu

stilu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵜⵉⵍⵓ, plural stilawat)

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


řciɣeḍ

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كاغط (kāḡaṭ).


řkitab

rif-noun

řkitab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⵉⵜⴰⴱ, plural řkutub)

Learned borrowing from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).


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).


řeɛdu

rif-noun

řeɛdu m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⴷⵓ, plural iɛdawen)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عدو (ʕdū, ʕduww).


řḥedd

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الحد (l-ḥadd).

Nnhar n ǧḥedd.


řḥedd

rif-noun

řḥedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⴷⴷ, plural řḥudud)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حد (ḥadd).


tandint

tandint f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵏⴷⵉⵏⵜ, plural tineddam)


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)


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).


lɛada

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عادة (ʕāda).


abaṛṛani

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic براني (barrāni).


řqeḥba

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قحبة (qaḥba).


řɛeskar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar).


ssif

rif-noun

ssif m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙⵉⴼ, plural řesyuf)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سيف (sīf).


řesnaḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلاح (slāḥ).


lɛimara

rif-noun

lɛimara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰ, plural lɛimarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عمارة (ʕimāra).


arrbeḥ

rif-noun

arrbeḥ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵔⴱⴻⵃ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ربح (rabḥ).


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).


řḥarb

rif-noun

řḥarb m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴰⵔⴱ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حرب (ḥarb).


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).


taqseft

rif-noun

taqseft f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵇⵙⴻⴼⵜ, plural tiseqbin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قصبة (qaṣba).


řekřaṭa

rif-noun

řekřaṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴽⵔⴰⵟⴰ, plural řekřayṭ)

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


aɛessas

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عساس (ʕāssas).


tazwict

rif-noun

tazwict f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵣⵡⵉⵛⵜ, plural tizwijin)

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


aneḥbus

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محبوس (maḥbūs).


řfexx

rif-noun

řfexx m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⴻⵅⵅ, plural řfxux)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فخ (faḵḵ).


lɛiqab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقاب (ʕiqāb).


řqaḍi

rif-noun

řqaḍi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴰⴹⵉ, plural řqeḍya)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قاضي (qāḍi).


řmeḥkama

rif-noun

řmeḥkama f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵎⴻⵃⴽⴰⵎⴰ, plural řmeḥkamat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic محكمة (maḥkama).


řeḥbes

rif-noun

řeḥbes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵃⴱⴻⵙ, plural řeḥbasat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حبس (ḥabs).


mulṭa

rif-noun

mulṭa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵍⵟⴰ, plural mulṭat)


zzina

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic زنا (zina).


řqanun

rif-noun

řqanun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴰⵏⵓⵏ, plural řqawanin)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قانون (qānūn).


aḥkam

rif-noun

aḥkam m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴽⴰⵎ, usually uncountable)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حكام (ḥkām).


taxceft

rif-noun

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).


ttlfaza

rif-noun

ttlfaza f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵍⴼⴰⵣⴰ, plural ttlfazat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلفزة (talfaza).


ssḥur

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سحور (sḥūr).


jahennam

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جهنم (jahannam).


jjennet

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جنة (janna).


řfqih

rif-noun

řfqih m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵇⵉⵀ, plural řfuqaha)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فقيه (fqīh).


ttilibizyun

rif-noun

ttilibizyun f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵉⵍⵉⴱⵉⵣⵢⵓⵏ, plural ttilibizyunat)


řɛefrit

řɛefrit m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⴼⵔⵉⵜ, plural řɛafarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عفريت (ʕafrīt).


imextan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ختانة (ḵtāna).

circumcision (procedure and the celebration)


ṭṭiyara

rif-noun

ṭṭiyara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵉⵢⴰⵔⴰ, plural ṭṭiyarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طيارة (ṭiyyāra).


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.


lɛamala

rif-noun

lɛamala f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⴰⵎⴰⵍⴰ, plural lɛamalat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic علامة (ʕalāma).


ṭṭubis

rif-noun

ṭṭubis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⵓⴱⵉⵙ, plural ṭṭubisat)

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


řkar

rif-noun

řkar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴽⴰⵔ, plural řkiran)

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


řfrina

řfrina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴼⵔⵉⵏⴰ, plural rfrinat)

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


apulis

rif-noun

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


awzir

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


spitar

spitar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵒⵉⵜⴰⵔ, plural spitarat)

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


lizdiyat

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


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).


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).


nnwaḍar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نواضر (nwāḍar).


ttilifun

rif-noun

ttilifun f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵉⵍⵉⴼⵓⵏ, plural ttilifunat)

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


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.


ttrisinti

rif-noun

ttrisinti m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜⵉ, usually uncountable)

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


řbank

rif-noun

řbank m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵏⴽ, plural řbankat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنك, from French banque.


nnumru

nnumru m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵓⵎⵔⵓ, plural nnumrawat)


zzenqet

zzenqet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵣⴻⵏⵇⴻⵜ, plural zznaqi)


bitlma

bitlma f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵉⵜⵍⵎⴰ, plural bitlmat)


llababu

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


tasebbatc

rif-noun

tasebbatc f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⴻⴱⴱⴰⵜⵛ, plural tisebbarin)


landris

landris m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵏⴷⵔⵉⵙ, plural landrisat)


turnifis

turnifis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⵔⵏⵉⴼⵉⵙ, usually uncountable)

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


abulun

rif-noun

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


taqedduḥt

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


ḥalawit

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حلويات (ḥalawiyyāt).


řqehwa

rif-noun

řqehwa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⴻⵀⵡⴰ, plural řqhawi)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قهوة (qahwa).


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.


řexmis

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الخميس (l-ḵmīs).

Nnhar n ǧexmis.


sseft

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic السبت (s-sabt).

Nnhar n sseft.


jjemɛa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic الجمعة (j-jamʕa).

Nnhar n jjemɛa.


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.


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

Alternative form of Tarifit: Riffian (language)


tarifiyt

tarifiyt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵢⵜ, plural tirifiyin)


ameǧaḥ

rif-adj

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


miriw

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


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


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


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


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)


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


aqdim

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


jjdid

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جديد (jdīd).

ijjen ṭṭumubin d jjdid


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


řexyar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خيار (ḵyār).


buqadiyyu

rif-noun

buqadiyyu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵇⴰⴷⵉⵢⵢⵓ)


zzebda

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


nkent

taṛwa nkent


nsen

tudrin nsen


nwem

taṛwa nwem


nneɣ

taddart nneɣ


nsent

tudrin nsent


nnes

iweddar-ayi isem nnes

tamurt-a nnes

taṛwa nnes


řkas

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كاس (kās).


řbacur

tbacurt (feminine singulative)
tibacurin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic باكور (bākūr).


ddellaɛ

tadellaḥt (feminine singulative)
tidellaḥin (plural)

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


taryazt

rif-noun

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


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).


ṭumaṭic

tṭumaṭict (feminine singulative)
tiṭumaṭicin (plural)

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


azyaw

rif-noun

azyaw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵡ, plural izyawen)


tɣaṭṭ

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


afriw

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


amẓiw

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


ifis

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


tamẓa

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

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


iɣeyd

iɣeyd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵖⴻⵢⴷ, plural iɣeyden)


acemmus

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


amyan

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

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


tacemmust

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


asnus

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


amesřem

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مسلم (mislim, muslim).


řbumba

rif-noun

řbumba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵎⴱⴰ, plural řbumbat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بومبة (būmba).


řemḥirmet

rif-noun

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).


řbumbawat

rif-noun

řbumbawat pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵎⴱⴰⵡⴰⵜ)


tiɣit

tiɣit f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵜ, usually uncountable)


bumbiyya

bumbiyya f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵓⵎⴱⵉⵢⵢⴰ, plural bumbiyyat)


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)


attriffu

attriffu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⵜⵔⵉⴼⴼⵓ, plural ttilifunat)


řbanku

řbanku m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⴰⵏⴽⵓ, plural řbankat)


pasapurti

pasapurti m (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⴰⵙⴰⵒⵓⵔⵜⵉ)


dduc

dduc m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓⵛ, plural dducat)

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


nnutir

nnutir m (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⵏⵓⵜⵉⵔ, plural nnutirat)

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


tabɣa

rif-noun

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).


balṭu

rif-noun

balṭu m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵍⵟⵓ, plural ibulṭa)

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


řemḍeǧ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مضل (mḍall).


plantca

rif-noun

plantca f (Tifinagh spelling ⵒⵍⴰⵏⵜⵛⴰ, plural plantcat)

Borrowed from Spanish plancha (“clothes iron”).


řqubbet

rif-noun

řqubbet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵇⵓⴱⴱⴻⵜ, plural řqubbat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قبة (qubba).


azekkun

rif-noun

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

izekkunen (plural)
tazekkunt (diminutive)


aḥeddad

aḥeddad m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵃⴻⴷⴷⴰⴷ, plural iḥeddaden)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حداد (ḥaddād).


řḥdida

rif-noun

řḥdida f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴷⵉⴷⴰ, plural řḥdidat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حديدة (ḥdīda).


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)


tafenjatc

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


jjenna

Alternative form of jjennet: heaven, paradise


tařa

tařa f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tařiwin)


cař

cař m (Tifinagh spelling ⵛⴰⵔ, plural icařen)


tiři

tiři f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵔⵉ, usually uncountable)


ajjař

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


isři

isři m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⵔⵉ, plural isřiyen)


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)


adfeř

adfeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴼⴻⵔ, usually uncountable)


iřem

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

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


asři

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


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)


uř

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


iřes

iřes m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵔⴻⵙ, plural iřsawen)


awař

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

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


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).


řeqwam

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


tabṣetc

rif-noun

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

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


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


abḍiř

abḍiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴹⵉⵔ, plural ibḍiřen)


lbaladiyya

lbaladiyya f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵍⴰⴷⵉⵢⵢⴰ, plural lbaladiyyat)


abřiɣ

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


řbun

řbun m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴱⵓⵏ, plural řbwan)

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


bandira

bandira f (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵏⴷⵉⵔⴰ, plural bandirat)


buqrunis

Borrowed from Spanish boquerones (“anchovies”).


řbanyu

rif-noun

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)


abeqqař

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


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


bḍeř

fus-nnes ibḍeř

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


buǧeɛ

tuzeɣ, ur teqqim tbuǧeɛ


bḍa

(transitive) to divide, to share, to distribute


buhři

yarweř břa tsiřa, ibbuhri

asbuhři

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

(intransitive) to be outrageous, to be unreasonable


behdeř

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


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”).


bumbes

(intransitive) to begin getting dark or light


bna

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بنى (bnā).


bkem

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بکم (bkam).


beqqeř

(intransitive) to collect, to pick herbs and plants


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


buccex

asbuccex

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


besseř

(intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to pester


buybeḥ

(intransitive) to be hoarse, to get hoarse


bzeg

asebzeg

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


bezzez

(intransitive) to oblige, to force someone


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)


dbeɣ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبغ (dbaḡ).

bor+

(transitive) to take on a dark complexion


debbar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دبر (dabbar).

(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


ddhar

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


dehwar

(intransitive) to be distracted, to be dizzy

asdehwar

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


dhec

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

asedhec

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


deḥḥes

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


duhcar

(intransitive) to be deaf, to become deaf

(intransitive) to be stunned (by a blow)

asduhcar

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


lkitab

rif-noun

lkitab m (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴽⵉⵜⴰⴱ, plural lkutub)


dḥa

(transitive) to become, to transform, to metamorphose


dexfar

(intransitive) to leave, to disappear (suddenly)


dukel

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


dḥec

asedḥec

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

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


ddenb

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دنب (danb).


dden

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic أدن (ʔaddan).


duxxen

asduxxen

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

(intransitive) to have a dull, charred face


ddar

aseddar

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


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


dqeř

asedqeř

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


deř

(transitive) to cover, to wrap, to envelop


darrej

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic درج (darraj).


udrus

(intransitive) to be scarce, to be insufficient

asudres

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


dewwec

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دوّش (dawwaš).

(intransitive) to shower, to take a shower


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)


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


darreɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic درع (darraʕ).


ddez

amruddez

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

(transitive) to crush, to pound, to hammer


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


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


ḍmen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ضمن (ḍman).


ḍmeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طمع (ṭmaʕ).

aṣedmeɛ

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

(intransitive) to desire, to covet, to yearn


ḍnez

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طنز (ṭnaz).

(intransitive) to mock, to taunt, to sneer


ddman

rif-noun

ddman m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵎⴰⵏ, plural ddmanat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دمان (dmān).


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


ḍewwar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دور (dawwar).

asḍewwar

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


ḍarn

asemḍarn

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

(intransitive) to be swollen, to be dilated


ḍřeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طلق (ṭlaq).

aseḍřeq

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

aneḍřeq

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


ḍarref

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طرّف (ṭarraf).

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


ḍiyyeɛ

(transitive) to waste, to spend, to squander


ḍarres

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

asḍarres

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


ḍawweɛ

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


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)


feǧeḥ

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


ffud

asfadi

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


fennen

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فنّن (fennen).


fḍar

(intransitive) to have breakfast, to eat breakfast


fḍeḥ

(transitive) to dishonor, to shame, to disgrace

anefḍeḥ

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


fna

(intransitive, construed with x) to feel resentment


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


fhem

asefhem

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

(transitive) to understand, to comprehend, to grasp

amsefhem

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


fqed

(transitive) to think about someone absent

(transitive) to be missing, to be lacking


fekkar

asfekkar

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

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


afeř

asifeř

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

aneffeř

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


fqiqqes

asefqiqqes

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

anefqes

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


ffar

anuffar

nuffar (“to hide, to be hidden”); 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


fruri

(intransitive) to crumble, to disintegrate

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

asefruri

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


farḍ

(transitive, derogatory) to drink (quickly)


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


farɣ

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


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


fsi

(transitive) to untie, to detach, to undo

(transitive) to disassemble, to dismantle

(transitive) to melt, to thaw, to dissolve


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)


fsar

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


afey

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


ffeẓ

asruffeẓ

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


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


geɛgeɛ

(intransitive) to be ostentatious, to be pretentious


garreɛ

asgarreɛ

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

(intransitive, figuratively) to tell the whole truth


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)


genfa

(intransitive) to be cured, to be healed

(intransitive) to heal, to cure, to recover

asgenfi

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


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).


tabḍiṭ

rif-noun

tabḍiṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴱⴹⵉⵟ, plural tibḍidin)


abeḥrur

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


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)


akeccuḍ

rif-noun

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

ikeccuḍen (plural)
takeccuṭ (diminutive)


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”).


takarraṭ

rif-noun

takarraṭ f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴽⴰⵔⵔⴰⵟ, plural tikarraḍin)


tasiyyaqt

tasiyyaqt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵙⵉⵢⵢⴰⵇⵜ, plural tisiyyaqin)

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


tasɣart

rif-noun

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”).


řḥeqq

řḥeqq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵃⴻⵇⵇ, plural řḥquq)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حقّ (ḥaqq).


afeǧay

rif-noun

afeǧay m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⴵⴰⵢ, plural ifeǧayen)


afeǧuc

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

bundle, bunch (of grain tied with straw)


ǧem

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


amrabeḍ

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


cekk

you (masculine second person singular pronoun)


ǧaẓ

(intransitive) to be hungry, to be starving


cemm

you (feminine second person singular pronoun)


xřeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خلق (ḵalaq).

bor+

(transitive) to produce, to create, to beget


ruḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic راح (rāḥ).

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


kennint

you (feminine second person plural pronoun)


kenniw

you (masculine second person plural pronoun)


nitni

they (masculine third person plural pronoun)


aǧeɣ

asiǧeɣ

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


xřa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خلا (ḵalā).

(transitive) to desert, to abandon, to vacate


xřa

(transitive) to ruin, to devastate, to ravage


ṣbeḥ

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


řaɣa

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


aziř

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


řɛib

rif-noun

řɛib m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵉⴱ, plural řɛyub)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عيب (“ʕīb”).


řɛabuq

scent, smell (one that is unpleasant, suffocating)


lɛuṭla

rif-noun

lɛuṭla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵓⵟⵍⴰ, plural lɛuṭlat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عطلة (ʕuṭla).


řeɛbar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عبار (ʕbār).


řɛadeř

rif-noun

řɛadeř m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⴷⴻⵔ, plural řeɛduř)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عادل (ʕādal).


řeɛḍes

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عدس (ʕadas).


řeɛdab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عذاب (ʕaḏāb).


lɛibada

rif-noun

lɛibada f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵉⴱⴰⴷⴰ, plural lɛibadat)


aɣarf

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)


řɛahed

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عهد (ʕahd).

bor+

(Judaism, Christianity) covenant, testament


řeɛgez

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عجز (ʕgaz).


řexbar

rif-noun

řexbar m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵅⴱⴰⵔ, plural řxbarat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خبر (ḵabar).


řɛebd

rif-noun

řɛebd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⴱⴷ, plural řɛibad)


lɛazima

lɛazima f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⴰⵣⵉⵎⴰ, plural lɛazimat)


řeɛẓafar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عظافر (ʕẓāfar).


leɛyaḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عياط (ʕyāṭ).


řɛid

rif-noun

řɛid m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⵉⴷ, plural řɛyud)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عيد (ʕīd).


řeɛwetc

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عولة (ʕawla).

bor+

foodstuff, provisions, supplies, sustenance


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).


řeɛwin

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


řeɛṭur

rif-noun

řeɛṭur pl (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵟⵓⵔ, feminine tɛaṭeritc)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عطرية (ʕaṭriyya).


řɛacart

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشير (ʕašīr).


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)


řeɛceq

rif-noun

řeɛceq m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵄⵛⴻⵇ, plural řaɛcaq)


řɛaṣar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عصر (ʕaṣr).

bor+

(Islam) asr, the afternoon islamic prayer


řeɛca

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشاء (ʕišāʔ).

(Islam) isha, the evening/night islamic prayer


řɛecbet

rif-noun

řɛecbet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴻⵛⴱⴻⵜ, plural řeɛcub)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عشب (ʕušb).


řɛarc

rif-noun

řɛarc m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵔⵛ, plural řeɛruc)


řeɛřef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic علف (ʕalf).


řɛarbun

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عربون (ʕarbūn).


řɛarṣet

rif-noun

řɛarṣet m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⵄⴰⵔⵚⴻⵜ, plural řeɛraṣi)


lɛalam

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عالم (ʕālam).


řɛaraḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عَرَض (ʕaraḍ).


řɛar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عار (ʕār).


amednub

rif-noun

amednub m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⴷⵏⵓⴱ, plural imednuben)


lɛuquba

lɛuquba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⵄⵓⵇⵓⴱⴰ, plural lɛuqubat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقوبة (ʕuqūba).


řɛaqd

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقد (ʕqad).


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).


řɛenzi

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عنز (ʕanz).


aɛqiq

rif-noun

aɛqiq m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵇⵉⵇ, plural iɛaqiqen)


taɛenkbut

taɛenkbut f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵄⴻⵏⴽⴱⵓⵜ, plural tiɛenkba)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عنكبوت (ʕankbūt).


tawarta

rif-noun

tawarta f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵡⴰⵔⵜⴰ, plural tiwartiwin)


aɛmud

aɛmud m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵄⵎⵓⴷ, plural iɛmuden)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عمود (ʕamūd).


taɛqiqt

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عقيق (ʕaqīq).


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


xemmem

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


xemmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic خمّل (ḵammal).

(transitive) to keep, to preserve, to save


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


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)


arɣ

(intransitive) to be lit (fire or light)

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


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


ẓumm

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic صام (“ṣām”).

bor+

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


ẓẓeř

(intransitive) to stretch out, to expand


Arrendan

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمضان (ramaḍān).


ṭṭes

asuḍes

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


ṭelleq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic طلق (ṭallaq).


ṭṭef

aṭwaṭṭef

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

(intransitive) to apprehend, to restrain


ṭṭeḍ

asuṭṭeḍ

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


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


sexxar

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سخّر (saḵḵar).

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


sellek

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سلك (sallak).

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


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”).


acfiř

rif-noun

acfiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴼⵉⵔ, plural icfiřen)

Agave americana
Agave americana#Translingual


ameẓřuḍ

ameẓřuḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵥⵔⵓⴹ, plural imezřad)


aṣḍiř

aṣḍiř m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵚⴹⵉⵔ, plural iṣḍiřen)

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


aṭṭan

rif-noun

aṭṭan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵟⵟⴰⵏ, plural aṭṭanen)


tnifest

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


ndeh

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نده (ndah).


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


ndeq

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نطق (naṭaq).

(intransitive) to articulate, to pronounce, to utter


muzzar

asmuzzar

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

(intransitive) to be rabid, to have rabies

(intransitive) to be rotten (fish, meat)


anedrar

rif-noun

anedrar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵏⴻⴷⵔⴰⵔ, plural inurar)


mẓi

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

asemẓi

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


meyyeř

(intransitive) to tilt, to incline, to lean

asmiyyeř

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

(intransitive) to be bent, to be inclined


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)


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)


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


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


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)


buharru

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”).


ayeddim

rif-noun

ayeddim m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴻⴷⴷⵉⵎ, plural iyeddimen)


taṣḍart

taṣḍart m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵚⴹⴰⵔⵜ, plural tiṣuḍar)


řemrayt

řemrayt m (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⵎⵔⴰⵢⵜ, plural řemrayat)


taqqa

Juniperus oxycedrus
Juniperus oxycedrus#Translingual


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.


iseřwan

Udem-nnes yumes s yiseřwan.


uccay

uccay m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵛⵛⴰⵢ, plural uccayen)

Cognate with Kabyle uccay and Tashelhit uskay.

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


aseǧuf

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


mřeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملح (mlaḥ).


meǧeḥ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ملح (mallaḥ).


emř

(intransitive) to indicate, to point out


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).


timeǧi

Udem-nnes yumes s tmeǧi.


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)


tadřa

rif-noun

tadřa m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴷⵔⴰ, plural tadřiwin)


ideɣ

ideɣ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⴻⵖ, plural idɣan)


iẓi

iẓi m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵥⵉ, plural iẓiwen)

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber iẓi.


taẓutc

Cognate with Northern Saharan Berber taẓult.


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


zeḍ

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


azḍi

rif-noun

azḍi m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴹⵉ, plural izeḍyan)

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


awriǧi

rif-noun

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)


azeṭṭa

azeṭṭa m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵣⴻⵟⵟⴰ, plural izeḍwan)

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


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”).


mjar

asemjar

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


kiyyef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كيّف (kiyyaf).


kteb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كتب (katab).

(intransitive) to be written, dictated by God


mxumbeř

asemxumbeř

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

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


kkar

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

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


mɣaḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مغّط (maḡḡaṭ).

(intransitive) to stretch out on the ground


carz

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


kmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كمل (kamal).

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


kebb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كب (kabb).


akeffif

rif-noun

akeffif m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⴼⴼⵉⴼ, plural ikeffifen)


nnuɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic نوع (nūʕ).


mḥeḍ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic حط (ḥaṭṭa).


kemmeř

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic كمّل (kammal).

(intransitive, construed with x) to kill


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


jjuf

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جوف (jūf).


jiyyef

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جيّف (jiyyaf).

bor+

(transitive) to strangle, to suffocate, to asphyxiate


jiwen

(transitive) to be satisfied, to be satiated

asyiwen

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


jaweb

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جاوب (jāwab).


jjeř

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


tiwura n ujenna

rif-noun

tiwura n ujenna m (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵡⵓⵔⴰ ⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ)

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


jmeɛ

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جمع (jmaʕ).

bor+

(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”).


cciba

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شيبة (šība).

Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium#Translingual

wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)


arremman

taremmant (feminine singulative)
taremmanin (plural)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمان (rumman).


ccabab

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شباب (šabāb).


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


qřa

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic قلى (qala).


taremmant

rif-noun

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

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic رمانة (rummana).


aqeccar

rif-noun

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

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


ddabbet

ddabbet m (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴰⴱⴱⴻⵜ, plural ddwab)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دابة (dābba).


řebhimet

rif-noun

řebhimet f (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴻⴱⵀⵉⵎⴻⵜ, plural řebhayem)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بهيمة (bhīma).


ameysa

rif-noun

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


amcum

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


ttellaja

ttellaja f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵜⴻⵍⵍⴰⵊⴰ, plural ttellajat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic تلاجة (tallāja).


nibira

Borrowed from Spanish nevera (“refrigerator”).


řehna

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic هْنَا (hnā).


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).


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.


lbayyina

rif-noun

lbayyina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⴰⵢⵢⵉⵏⴰ, plural lbayyinat)

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بينة (bayyina).


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).