asekkil

Kabyle

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic شَكَلَ (šakala)bor.

Tayert ǝskeldeverb.

Tayert asǝkkullbor.

Kabyle asekkil

Learned borrowing from Tayert asǝkkul (“letter, character”), deverbal from ǝskel (“to be vocalized (a text)”), borrowed from Arabic شَكَلَ (šakala, “to vocalize (a text)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asəkːil/

Noun

asekkil m (plural isekkilen)

1. (neologism) letter (of the alphabet)

   Synonym: lḥerf

Descendants

• → Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil, “letter”)

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025