giŋ-gimán

Adjective adj.

Translations

Français: Beau, bon
English: nice, good
العربية: جميل، طيب

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

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). giŋ-gimán (nice, good). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/595-ging-giman (accessed 2026-10-18)

BibTeX

@misc{moctargigiman,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{giŋ-gimán (nice, good)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/595-ging-giman},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… -mor-í ~ (mom-mor-án) c) korrá to be hot kor-korr-í ~ (kor-korr-án) horrá to be bitter (hor-horr-í) ~ hor-horr-án d) kaŋ to fall e) gíman to be good a) káŋg-an giŋ-gimán It seems that the two very different strategies for adjective formation found in Tadaksahak are on the way to merging into one form that is used with all verbal roots. This merged form would be based on two or more syllables (possibly reached by reduplication), followed by the suffix -an. This implies a ‘norm …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 156
… yay-áanin [jɛjːɛˈjaːnɪn] fresh b) bíibi bíibi-nin [ˈbiːbǝnɪn] black cíday cíday-nin [ˈʧideːnɪn] red kóoray kóoray-nin [ˈkoːreːnɪn] white One clear exception is giŋ-gimán ‘good’. Its stem-final an is interpreted as part of the suffix and only adds -ǝn for the plural which results in giŋ-gimán-ǝn. Quantificational 3.2.9 Qu antificational adjectives 3.2.9.1 Basic numerals Most numerals are of Tamasheq origin. ‘one’ and ‘two’ are from Songhay and ‘twenty’ seems to have a cognate …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 157

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