ifiw

== Tashelhit == === Alternative forms === faw, ifaw, ffu === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber *ʔ-f-w (“to be luminous, to shine”), possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Zenaga yäffaʔyäy (“to be clear, to dawn”), Ghomara faw (“to be in the morning”), Tawellemmet and Tayert ifu, ifaw (“to dawn”), Tamahaq ufu (“to dawn”), Central Atlas Tamazight ffu (“to appear (day)”), Northern Saharan Berber ifaw (“to be clear”), Tarifit ffu (“to be in the morning”), and also Egyptian pʿpʿ (“to shine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ifiw/ === Verb === ifiw (intensive aorist ttifiw, preterite ffaw, verbal noun tifawt, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⵉⵡ, Arabic spelling ايفيو) (intransitive) to be luminous, to be enlightened (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle (intransitive) to be clear (intransitive) to dawn, to break (dawn) ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === ifiw m (construct state yifiw, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴼⵉⵡ, Arabic spelling ايفيو) hellfire === References === 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 1044b