fatílla

Noun n.

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Français: Lampe de poche ; lampe torche
English: flashlight
العربية: مصباح يدوي

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 92 ; p. 170 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). fatílla (flashlight). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1477-fatilla (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarfatilla,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{fatílla (flashlight)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1477-fatilla},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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92 bídaw bídaw-tan canister (< French bidon ) fátaw fátaw-tan ~ fát-an manufactured recipient (< English pot ) fatílla fatílla-tan flashlight (KCH fitila < Arabic fatiila ‘wick’) aragó aragóo-tan radio (< French radio) bitígi bitigíi-tan shop (< French boutique) When speakers are not sure about a plural for a certain noun they often offer -tan, which seems to be the strategy that is allowed and understood even if it is not necessarily the ‘correct’ one. 3.2.3.1.3 Class 3: id- …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 110
… pears before the verb. In anticipation of the further items, pronominal reference on the verb is plural. (61) mammaní i₌báara perfume ǝnd(a) with 3p₌exist ǝnda fatílla n with id-aṣṣáabu-tan PL-soap-PL torch GEN ṭónd-en stone-PL ǝnda takúla-tan. with bread-PL there are perfume, and torch batteries, and (pieces of) soap and (loaves of) bread. 4.1.9.2 meɣ, mádaɣ and wala ‘or’ Disjunctive meɣ, There are a number of disjunctive particles, the most common being meɣ ‘or’ (from Tamas …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 188

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