ɣer

Kabyle

Etymology 1

Root
ɣ-r (calling)
1 term

Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ) or Biblical Hebrew קָרָא (qārāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁərˤ/

Verb

ɣer (verbal noun taɣuri or tiɣri or tiɣrin or tuɣrin)

1. to read

   Qqareɣ taktabt. ― I'm reading a book.

2. to study

   Yeɣra di trumit. ― He has studied French.

3. to call (for)

   Yeɣr-iyi-d. ― He called for me.

   Qqaren-as Kamal. ― His name is Kamal. (literally, “They call him Kamal.”)

Usage notes

• The verb, when used as an introduction to a person's name, is inflected in the third-person plural masculine, and the person being named incurs the corresponding indirect object affix on the verb.

Alternative forms

• ɣeṛ

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁərˤ/, /ʁər/

Preposition

ɣer

1. location marker: to, at

Alternative forms

• ɣeṛ, ɣel

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Senhaja de Srair

Root
ɣ-r
1 term

Alternative forms

• ɣeṛ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, possibly from Punic 𐤒𐤓𐤀 (qrʾ) or Biblical Hebrew קָרָא (qārāʾ)}.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁər/, /ʁərˤ/

Verb

ɣer (verbal noun leqraya, Tifinagh spelling ⵖⴻⵔ)

1. (intransitive) to study

   Iqqar. ― He is studying.

2. (intransitive) to read
3. (intransitive) to call

   Synonym: ɛeyyed

4. (intransitive) to shout

   Synonyms: ɛeyyed, ɣewwet (Hmed, Ketama), zgi (Hmed, Ketama), berber (Ketama)

See also

• (verbal noun) leqraya (“study”)
• qari (“studying, reading; knowledgeable”)
• (causative) sɣer (“to teach”)
• (passive) tteqra (“to be studied”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[3], Paris, France: HAL