záɣan

Noun n.

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Français: Rayon
English: ray
العربية: شعاع

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 239 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). záɣan (ray). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1899-zaghan (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarzaan,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{záɣan (ray)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1899-zaghan},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… struction that is the intensified version of álham a-húur(u) aɣáy (anger 3s₌enter.into 1s) ‘I am angry.’ Examples with s-ínnihil ‘do/be very much’ (120) a) t-a-záɣan-t F-SG-mast-F.SG s-ínnihil CAUS-be.much kukú be.long.VN a very long mast (Lit: a mast that is very long) b) i₌b-s-ínnihil t-úu-la-t. 3p₌IMPERF-CAUS-be.much F-SG-look.alike-F.SG they look very much alike. c) i₌nǝ-s-ínnihil 3p₌NEG.PERF-CAUS-do.much it (water) is not very cool yet. d) aɣa₌ss-ínnihil áa₌se 1s₌CAUS-do …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 209
… ner báar(a) be.in [ay₌n húgu COMP 3s₌GEN house end be.long-ADJZR míya kuk(ú)-an]? aɣó (ǝ)nda DET with i-ʒínn-an], PL-sky-PL a₌f-keedí ar₌tǝ-guná 1p₌FUT-see t-a-záɣan-t ǝn 3s₌IMPERF-be.up F-SG-mast-F.SG GEN how are we going to see the woman in the sky, whose house is up at the end of a long mast? The constituent that contains the possessive pronoun that correlates with the head noun may be fronted. When this happens, a resumptive pronoun appears in the relative clause in the n …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 257

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