iccar

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• iccā, accar, accā

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-askăr.

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵛⵛⵔ (iccr), ⵉⵙⴽⵔ (iskr, “nail”), Tashelhit iskr (“nail”), Kabyle iccer (“nail”), Tuareg eskăr, aškar (“nail”), Zenaga əskär (“nail”).

Noun

iccar m (plural iccaren, feminine equivalent taccart, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵛⵛⴰⵔ)

1. nail, fingernail
2. claw

Declension

Inflection of iccar

	singular	plural
free state	iccar	iccaren
annexed state	yiccar	yiccaren

References

• Serhoual, Mohammed (2002), Dictionnaire tarifit-français, Tétouan: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi
• Putten, Marijn van (2018), “Proto-Berber mid vowel harmony”, in Nordic journal of African studies‎^[1], Uppsala: Nordic Africa Research Network, →ISSN