tafirast

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pirus (“pear tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tafirast/

Noun

tafirast f (singulative, collective lfiras m, plural tifirasin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵔⴰⵙⵜ)

1. singulative of lfiras:
   1. pear

      Synonym: talingaṣt

   2. pear tree

      Synonym: talingaṣt

Declension

Inflection of tafirast

	singular	plural
free state	tafirast	tifirasin
annexed state	tfirast	tfirasin

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• afiras, tifirast, lfiras, tifirst

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pirus (“pear tree”).

Noun

tafirast f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵔⴰⵙⵜ, Arabic spelling تافيراست)

1. pear tree, pear

Inflection

Inflection of tafirast

	singular	plural
free state	tafirast	tifirasin
annexed state	tfirast	tfirasin

See also

• aḍil (“grape”)
• lfakit (“fruit”)
• taddagt (“tree”)
• urti (“garden”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2357b