a-fártay

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Natte (sorte de)
English: mat (kind of)
العربية: حصيرة (نوع من)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 101 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). a-fártay (mat (kind of)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1547-a-fartay (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarafartay,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{a-fártay (mat (kind of))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1547-a-fartay},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ) Stems dropping -y# a) b) singular plural c-én gloss leg; foot ṭaabáy ṭaab-én turban (general) caráy car-én friend ízzay ízz-en offspring; young animal; fruit a-fártay i-fárt-en mat (kind of) a-kárʃay i-kárʃ-en head scarf a-ẓǝmmay i-ẓǝmm-en leather stripe cáy A possible explanation for the Tamasheq cognates is that the final /y/ amalgamates with the suffix and raises the low vowel /a/ to /e/. Consider also the examples under 3.2.3.2.1 that take this plural suffix. Two Songha …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 119

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