Ʒén

Verb vi.

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Français: Être vieux
English: To be old
العربية: يكون عجوزاً

Source : the site’s first dictionary (Adjectives)

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). Ʒén (To be old). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/384-zhen (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctardocument,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{Ʒén (To be old)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/384-zhen},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… verbs with two valencies a) b) c) root bíibi intransitive gloss be black transitive gloss blacken yáy be cold make cold bér be big enlarge ṭáy be moist moisten ʒén be old make old mán be close approach mór be distant distance dígdig be broken break mún be thrown out throw out lés be unclean make unclean yiɣmá be decorated decorate (leather) yiská be combed comb yiḷẓá be shaved shave yíɣfǝl be locked lock yídraɣ be decorated with metal decorate with metal

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 72
… he stem reappears. The examples below illustrate high frequency adjectives with suffix -i under (a) and suffix -u under (b) (152) Songhay derivation a) b) verb ʒen gloss to be old adjective ber to be big beer-í qoq to be dry qooɣ-í ṇas to be fat ṇaas-ú baq to be broken baaq-ú ʒeen-í Three Songhay cognates use no segmental derivational morpheme to serve as noun modifier, viz. the basic color terms ‘white’, ‘black’ and ‘red/brown’.

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 152
6 The first relative clause in the following example uses the gap strategy. (12) Kela aɣa-Ø-mo tanfust [# aɣan baba aɣo ʒen-i a-Ø-da ’]. once 1S-PERF-hear story 1S.GEN father REL be.old-ADJZ 3S-PERF-do Once I heard a story of a (courageous) deed that my grandfather did… The next example also uses the gap strategy. The locative object of the verb ‘be in’ is not marked with a postposition, and so behaves like a direct object.4 (13) A-Ø-sesten a enda edag [# boren i-Ø-bara ’]. 3 …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 6
… ) big game. The following two examples of the relative pronoun strategy occur in equative clauses that explain the first evoked term. (36) Taradaq hincini [aɣo ʒen-i]. NAME goat REL be.old-ADJZ ‘Taradaq’ is an old goat. (37) Alukukuʃ cidi [aɣo yibrar-an] [aɣo ka tidi a-Ø-baqat]. Alukukush salt REL be.bad-ADJZ REL LOC dirt 3S-PERF-mix ‘Alukukush’ is salt [in plates] which is of bad (quality) in which dirt is mixed. 3.2 The gap strategy and indefinite entities This section firs …

Christiansen & Levinsohn (2003), Relative Clauses in Tadaksahak, p. 10

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