ixf

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايغڢ (iɣef, “head”), from Proto-Berber *e‐ɣăf (“head”), from earlier *a-aḳăf, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳap- (“head, occiput”).^[1] Cognate with Zenaga iʔf (“head, extremity”), Ghadames ēɣăf (“head”), Arabic قَفًا (qafan, “occiput”) and Migaama kúpó (“occiput”).

ixf m (plural ixfawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵅⴼ, Arabic spelling ايخف)

head
Synonyms: agayyu, aqllal

ايخف يقّورن لابُدّ اد رژين.
Ixf iqquṛn la budd ad rẓin.
A hard head deserves to be broken.
oneself
اينّا د يخف نّس. ― inna d ixf nns. ― He said to himself.
chief, leader
Synonyms: amɣar, amzwar

آمژن مدّن يخفاون كابرنين.
Amẓn mddn ixfawn kabrnin.
People took the arrogant leaders.
end, extremity, tip
Synonyms: tigira, tmmi

ايخف وغاراس. ― ixf uġaras ― the end of the road
start, beginning
غ يخف وسڭّاس. ― ixf usggas ― at the beginning of the new year

ايخف ن وايّور. ― ixf n wayyur ― beginning of the month
intelligence, wit, attention
Synonym: afulls

دارس يخف. ― Dars ixf. ― He's intelligent.

Inflection of **ixf**
	singular	plural
free state	ixf	ixfawn
annexed state	yixf	yixfawn

^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 323

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1168b

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