afullus

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afulːus/

Noun

afullus m (feminine equivalent afullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ)

1. Ketama form of afellus

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, early borrowing from Latin pullus (“any young animal, chick”). Cognate with Tarifit fiǧus (“chick”) and Moroccan Arabic فلوس (fallūs, “chick, rooster”).

Noun

afullus m (plural ifullusn, feminine equivalent tafullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفولّوس)

1. rooster

   ايفولّسن ار تّزداغن غ وندارو.

   ifullusn ar ttzdaɣn ɣ undaru.

   the roosters lives in the coop.

2. chick

   Synonym: akiyyaw

Derived terms

• afullus n waman (“moorhen, waterfowl”)
• takrkurt n ufullus (“cock's comb”)
• tiɣri n ifullusn (“rooster crowing”)

See also

• amdduz (“manure pile”)
• andaru (“coop”)
• aylal (“bird”)
• tifiyyi (“meat”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110a