zarɣáf

Verb v.

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Français: Être tacheté
English: to be spotted
العربية: يكون منقطا

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 157 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). zarɣáf (to be spotted). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1725-zarghaf (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctarzaraf,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{zarɣáf (to be spotted)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1725-zarghaf},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… les de métathèse Mǝɣrǝs ~ mǝrɣǝs priver de (ne rien avoir dans qqch) Táɣrast ~ tárɣast sorte de pierre blanche que l'on trouve dans la région de Kidal Záɣraf ~ zárɣaf avoir de grandes taches (les chèvres, les chameaux) Irǝdɣan ~ irǝɣdan vieilles chèvres faibles (sg arádaɣ) Táyhast ~ táhyast sorte de selle de chameau D'autres mots avec des combinaisons consonantiques similaires comme zaɣrí 'jour', áɣraw 'sorte de joug', áɣrǝm 'ville, village' áɣri 'animal avorté' n'ont pas de …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 22
… speakers would invariably claim that both words mean the same and either could be used. (30) Examples of metathesis mǝɣrǝs ~ mǝrɣǝs táɣrast ~ tárɣast záɣraf ~ zárɣaf irǝdɣan ~ irǝɣdan táyhast ~ táhyast keep the character of kind of white stone found in the region of Kidal to have big spots (for sheep, goat, camel) old weak goats (sg arádaɣ) kind of camel saddle Other words with the similar consonant combinations like zaɣrí ‘day’, áɣraw ‘kind of yoke’, áɣrǝm ‘town, village’ á …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 46
… s with possessive markers, aɣo seems to be insensible to number as the following example shows (see also (c) below): (29) i-múṇas PL-camel aɣo [Áyyar wáni] i₌b-zarɣáf. DET POSS loc.name 3p₌IMPERF-be.spots the camels of the Air have large spots. 4.1.4.3 aɣo + n This combination is found in a type of compound like words e.g. ‘airplane’ and ‘feast’. Note that the constituent order is different from the regular genitival construction. Here the head precedes the modifier and aɣo s …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 175

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