mɣar

Noun n.

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Français: Vieille personne
English: old person
العربية: شخص مسن

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 282 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). mɣar (old person). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1981-mghar (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarperson,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{mɣar (old person)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1981-mghar},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… gh vowel (/i/, /u/, /ə/) in an open syllable. See examples under (c). (79) Plural scheme /i-...-an/ and variants a) singular plural i-náftaɣ-an gloss visitor á-mɣar í-mɣar-an old man á-ɣlal í-ɣlal-an trough a-báydog i-báydog-an thief a-bóobaz i-bóobaz-an cross-cousin a-fáẓaẓa i-fáẓaẓ-an honey badger á-ɣalla í-ɣall-an court wall a-náftaɣ

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 113
… tactically complete clauses. However, they do not stand alone but accompany a main clause for which they set the temporal frame. (308) a) záɣr(i) day a₌ddá t-á-mɣar-t 3s₌do F-SG-old.person-F.SG (when) it was day, the old woman jumped. b) t-áa-dwi-t F-SG-afternoon-F.SG á-ɣalla a₌ddá 3s₌do a₌ṣṣót-kat. 3s₌jump-VEN a₌húur(u) 3s₌enter SG-wall in the afternoon he entered the yard. The particle ʃeddí ~ ceddí ‘yet’ can be found preceding a verb in the IMPERF aspect and is then read a …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 300

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