ʃi-ʃʃiy-án

Adjective adj.

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Français: Perdu
English: lost
العربية: ضائع

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 169 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). ʃi-ʃʃiy-án (lost). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1752-shi-shshiy-an (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctariiyan,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{ʃi-ʃʃiy-án (lost)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1752-shi-shshiy-an},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… être rapprochées des racines tamasheq avec /y/ final. L'ajout d'un morphème initial V permet de réaliser ce C final. Final -i Tadak Avec suffixe Sens en Fr ʃí ʃiʃʃiyán être perdu / perdu háaṣi háaṣiyan regarder là mǝṭṭi mǝṭṭiyán change (qui change) yíɣli yiɣliyán retourner, contourner (là) La seule exception que nous avons dans nos données est le verbe keení 'dormir'. Dans son sens 'dormir loin de la maison' il est réalisé keenán (< keení+-an). Les verbes d'origine Songhay a …

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 31
… can be traced to Tamasheq roots with final /y/. Adding a V-initial morpheme allows this final C to be realized. (64) final -i Tadak ʃí háaṣi mǝṭṭi with suffix ʃiʃʃiyán háaṣiyan mǝṭṭiyán gloss be lost / lost to look there to change yíɣli yiɣliyán to turn around (there) etymology SonKS: ʃii ? TamW: măṭṭăy TamW: ǝɣlǝy The only exception we have in our data is the verb keení ‘to sleep’ (KCH: /kani/). In its meaning ‘to sleep away from home’ it is realized keenán (< keení+-an). V …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 57
… ent. The dative postposition se is placed before the adjective. (57) aɣa₌bb-ǝmmaɣ aɣ₌n almán 1s₌IMPERF-search 1s₌GEN herd DAT I am looking for my lost herd. se ʃi-ʃʃiy-án DUP-not.be-ADJZR Likewise in the following PP the postposition immediately follows the noun: (58) tuw-yén bowl-PL ka LOC in clean bowls zadíg-ǝnǝn be.clean-ADJZR.PL This is different from KCH and KS where the postposition is always the last element of a NP even when an adjective is present (Heath 1999a:83 an …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 187

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