warɣ

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Proto-Afroasiatic *warāḳ- (“green, yellow”).

Compare Egyptian wꜣḏ (“green”), Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“green, yellow, leaf”) and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵡⵔⵉⵖ (wriɣ, “yellow”).

Verb

warɣ (Tifinagh spelling ⵡⴰⵔⵖ)

1. (intransitive) to be yellow, to become yellow
2. (intransitive) to be pale
3. (intransitive) to wither (plant)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Verbal noun: tuwreɣ (“yellowing”)
• awraɣ (“yellow”)
• uraɣ (“gold”)
• muwriɣ (“yellow person”)
• awarɣi (“gilded”)