User talk:Fenakhay

Request a reply on the discussion page

Hello brother, I referred you to فراولة talk page because you rollbacked my edit, and I wrote the details about the validity of my edit, please interact with me. حسام الدين (talk) 20:55, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

solstice [Change 7 Jan 2026]

Please look at the solstice page. The text at the translation "point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun" is clearly wrong. The solstice has nothing to do with the orbit of the earth, it is rather a seasonal thing depending on the earth's rotation axis. I just replaced to "the sun is furthest from the celestial equator" as taken from the definition above. You can use any other text you like as far as it's not scientifically false. so long — This unsigned comment was added by Sladin4 (talk • contribs) at 08:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC).

Delayed gratitude

Thank you for overhauling {{eo-pr}} and setting aside a substantial amount of time to correct the hyphenation issues. IMO, you have made a huge & positive impact to our (small) community. Keep up the great work! TranqyPoo [💬 | ✏️] 20:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Spelling question

Hi, quick question: which spelling is preferred in Algerian Arabic, ما زال or مازال? Lankdadank (talk) 02:16, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

As مازال. It is viewed as one word most of the time. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 13:19, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Esperanto: H- & X-spelling forms & pronunciations

Hello! Jlwoodwa identified this {{eo-pr}} addition in Discord. All Esperanto H- & X-spelling forms should not have a pronunciation header. These entries exist as a written alternative for when people do not have the appropriate keyboard layout to type Esperanto diacritics (in chat rooms, forums, etc). Please try to include this exception in your bot. TranqyPoo [💬 | ✏️] 17:14, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

dialect synonyms / dialect map

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(I suppose you've determined that pulling location coordinates from Wikidata is not feasible?) —Fish bowl (talk) 00:27, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Italian a- (id:ad-) in etymology

You seem to have caused the automatic creation of CAT:Italian terms prefixed with a- (ad-) with only one entry, adding {{etymon|it|:af|a-<id:ad->|bello|-ire}} to Italian abbellire in Special:Diff/88874897.

The category used for a- (ad-) seems to actually be CAT:Italian terms prefixed with a- (vs CAT:Italian terms prefixed with a- (privative) for alpha privative), and abbellire is already in that category since it is using {{confix|it|a|bello|ire}}.

What do you want to do about it? Remove <id:ad-> in that etymology, or move all entries in CAT:Italian terms prefixed with a- to this new CAT:Italian terms prefixed with a- (ad-)? Emanuele6 (talk) 06:03, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

"logograms" changed to "alternative forms" in Accadian entries

Hi @Fenakhay! I've just noticed you've changed all "logograms" to "alternative forms" in Akkadian Logogram entries (see for instance this edit). What the rationale behind this change? Was it discussed somewhere? A Logogram is not just an "alternative form" of an Akkadian word. In Akkadian studies it's common to have lists of logograms used to write Akkadian, especially since the same logogram can be used to spell different words. Logograms are like Japanese Kanji, you wouldn't systematically classify them as "alternative forms"! Can we revert this change? It really makes no sense, and it's now taken away the possibility of easily retreaving all Sumerian logograms used to write Akkadian...! — Sartma ^{【𒁾𒁉 ● 𒊭 𒌑𒊑𒀉𒁲】} 14:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Template:IPAfont

Hi. Your edit breaks the template.

Please read the description of the template in the user notes. As it explains there, this template does not do an IPA check -- it only formats the string as we format IPA. It was created to avoid the IPA check of template:IPAchar, and is intended for cases where non-IPA letters are mixed in with IPA. kwami (talk) 22:49, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Do you even know what you removed? — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 23:08, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I believe I removed the check that triggers an error (and breaks the display) if a non-IPA character is found, and restored the template to its original design.

If it's intended to do something else, is there a way to accomplish that without breaking the display? kwami (talk) 23:32, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

It doesn't break anything. Stop making sloppy edits. Do not edit templates or modules you have no clue how they work. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 12:52, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

I used the template with some para-IPA letters mixed into standard IPA -- exactly what it was designed for. It generated an error instead of displaying the text. I removed the code that generated the error, and then it worked as advertised.

I'm not finding an error displayed in any of the articles I edited recently. Perhaps someone fixed the error module to accept the additional symbol, after you restored the code. Is that how we should treat this: If the template generates an error, leave it and let someone adjust the error code to compensate? kwami (talk) 21:41, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Arabic question

Have you ever heard of a term بروق (barrūq) or برق (barruq) meaning 'eye' in Northern Moroccan dialects? It's present in both Senhaja de Srair and Ghomara as aberruq meaning 'eye' and 'big eye' respectively. It's probably related to برق (barraq, “to stare”), but I don't know if it's an independent innovation in both languages or is present in the Arabic dialects spoken there. Lankdadank (talk) 21:47, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

I haven't heard it before, and there are no ghits. فَعُّول (faʕʕūl) is a common pattern in Arabic. When I have time next week, I'll check other dialects if they have *بَرُّوق (*barrūq). — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 22:15, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Appreciate it! Lankdadank (talk) 22:48, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

صناعة

About those descendants, where do we put them then? Their respective etymologies indicate the Arabic as an etymon, shouldn't they go in that section? ※Sobreira ◣◥ 〒 @「parlez」 00:22, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

At دَار صِنَاعَة (dār ṣināʕa), but it isn't created yet. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 00:38, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

From دَار صِنَاعَة (dār ṣināʕa) or from دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa)? I've changed dársena, darsena, arsenale, arsenal and :es:arsenal#Spanish (arzanà was missing) to the version of atarazana and drassana, with two steps:

"From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “industry house, manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa)".

※Sobreira ◣◥ 〒 @「parlez」 00:33, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Sources for dialectal Arabic

I know this post is barely important for you, but I can show you something that's rather useful for paging dialectal Arabic entries on this site: some sources I put on my "Semitic resources" subpage. Check them out if you want :)

Just showing, ya akhi. Adamnewwikipedianaccount (talk) 02:58, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Missing Ghomara etymologies

If you're interested, feel free to add any missing Ghomara etymologies that you recognize as obviously Arabic. Lankdadank (talk) 22:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

new {{ety}} parameter

Hi! could you add |nom(inalization)= to the template please? Saumache (talk) 12:29, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

For what purpose? What should it do? What is the expected output (text, tree, categories)? — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 12:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

derivation keyword, output is "{{lg|Nominalization}} of..." (or "Masculine/Feminine/Neuter {{lg|Nominalization}} of..." if |nomg= is used) see {{nominalization}} and praelatus#Etymology 2, right now there is no category associated, Saumache (talk) 13:16, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I'll implement it later today. Thanks! — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 13:35, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I've added the keyword to {{ety}}, but there is still no support for gender. I will add it tonight after work. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 14:20, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I also asked Theknightwho to add support for number on the original template, would you add it to {{ety}} too? Saumache (talk) 14:32, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes. I will add it as well. — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 14:33, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I have also added categories [[Category:LANGUAGE nominalizations]], not yet defined in the category tree. Saumache (talk) 21:35, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

@Saumache:  Done — Fenakhay ^{(حيطي · مساهماتي)} 14:37, 12 March 2026 (UTC)