afus
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kabyle ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /afus/
=== Noun ===
afus m (plural ifassen, feminine equivalent tafust)
(anatomy) hand
handful
Synonyms: lkʷemca, tummeẓt, tiseggʷilt
sleeve
Synonym: lkʷemm
handle
help
Synonyms: ambʷafeq, ttawil, lemɛawna
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France
== Tashelhit ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-fuʔs (“hand”), from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Zenaga ävuʔš (“hand”), Tuareg ăfus (“hand”), Ghadames ōfess (“hand”), and possibly Aramaic [script needed] (psʔ, “palm”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /afus/
=== Noun ===
afus m (construct state ufus, plural ifassn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفوس)
(anatomy) hand, arm
(by extension) handle
آفوس ن وسمّاود. ― afus usmmawd ― sickle handle
(figurative) help, aid
(figurative) fraction, tribal section, clan
==== Inflection ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
=== References ===
Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110b