Zaɣrí

Noun n.

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Français: Jour
English: Day
العربية: يوم

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Swadesh list)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Zaɣrí (Day). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/349-zaghri (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarzari,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Zaɣrí (Day)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/349-zaghri},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… ~ 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 variantes avec la métathèse. Un autre cas de métathèse optionnelle se trouve avec le verbe "répondre" wáʒab qui s'entend également comme ʒáwab. Consonnes longues aux frontières des morphèmes

Ag Abdoussalam (s. d.), Structure grammaticale d’un parler berbéro-songhay du nord-est malien (tadaksahak) : éléments de linguistique, p. 22
… on 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’ áɣri ‘aborted animal’ do not have variants with metathesis. Another case of optional metathesis is found with the verb ‘to respond’ wáʒab which is also heard as ʒáwab. 2.4.1.7 Long consonants at morpheme boundaries In a number of contexts, morpho-phonological con …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 46
… ere place LOC 1s₌push-VEN₌3p From where did I push them (camels) to here? The examples below have a temporal as well as a locational incidence of ka. (124) a) [zaɣri day [[aɣá₌n 1s₌GEN aɣo ka] ni₌ssǝ-bdǝd₌i 2s₌CAUS-stop.BND₌3p DET LOC eye LOC ka] ni₌b-mún mo] ka]... (on) the day you place them in front of me... b) [áŋga 3s.EMP LOC 2s₌IMPERF-pour then you pour water in it... [a₌k(a)] 3s₌LOC ary-én... water-PL In this last example áŋga 3s.EMP refers to the whole preceding claus …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 142
… slave Each male who arrived at their (place) was taken to be made a slave. The following sentence illustrates the sa-strategy. (10) A-Ø-zaw surgay fo [sa itila zaɣri a-te-ŋa imuṇas iʃa]. 3S-PERF-marry woman INDEF COMPZR each day 3S-FUT-eat camel.PL seven He married a certain woman, who (once they were married) used to eat seven camels a day. 2.2 Direct object When the direct object is relativized in other Songhay languages, a resumptive pronoun occupies the place of the relat …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 5
… same postposition ka as for the locative is used, and occurs immediately after the relative pronoun. The following example contains two relative clauses. (22) Zaɣri [aɣo ka ni-sebded i aɣan mo ka], day REL LOC 2S-stop 3P 1S.GEN face LOC zaɣri [aɣo ayda] aɣa-b-na ana taɣit day REL same 1S-IMPF-give 2S.BEN heifer The day that you bring them before me, that same day (lit., day that [is] same) I will give you a heifer… However, temporal relative clauses are sometimes separated f …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 7

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