abeɛɛuc

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic. Compare Algerian Arabic بعوش (baʕʕuš, “insect”).

Noun

abeɛɛuc m (plural ibeɛɛac, feminine equivalent tabeɛɛuct, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵄⵄⵓⵛ)

1. insect
2. caterpillar
3. cockroach
4. (figurative) the police
5. (figurative) whistle-blower

Declension

Inflection of abeɛɛuc

	singular	plural
free state	abeɛɛuc	ibeɛɛac
annexed state	ubeɛɛuc	yibeɛɛac

Related terms

• buɛ (“to crawl, creep”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: ibahesj

References

• Serhoual, Mohammed (2002), Dictionnaire tarifit-français, Tétouan: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi