s-ǝlsá

Verb v.

Translations

Français: Faire habiller, s'habiller (causatif de dáb)
English: to make dress (causative of dáb)
العربية: يجعله يلبس (صيغة السببية من dáb)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), annexe II, p. 312 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). s-ǝlsá (to make dress (causative of dáb)). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/808-s-elsa (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarslsa,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{s-ǝlsá (to make dress (causative of dáb))}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/808-s-elsa},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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125 Morphology b) aɣa₌kkáw [a₌b(e)] [ay₌n í-sǝlsa]. 1s₌take.away 3s₌on 3s₌GEN PL-clothes ni₌b-guná hó f-túw-ǝṇṇ(a) [i-dáksahak be]? I took his clothes off him. (= from on him) c) 2s₌IMPERF-see PL-ethnic.name thing.DET IMPERF-PASS-say.BND on do you see what is said about the Idaksahak? This postposition can also be used in a causal sense ‘because of, on account of’ (see 4.8.2.2). 3.2.7.4 Locative daw ‘at somebody’s place’ (chez) The postposition daw can frequently be rendered …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 143
… d the particle follows the modifier. (130) t-a-mǝnkǝ-t F-SG-piece-F.SG piece of meat [háamu meat wáni] of This particle agrees in number with the head. (131) í-sǝlsa PL-clothe [úuraɣ wán-en] gold of-PL clothes (made) of gold Only in conjunction with a pronominal clitic does this particle express ‘ownership’ as in ‘mine’ or ‘yours’, (3.2.6.4) but there is also a use where the whole construction modifying a noun means ‘(my) kind of’ including the notion of ‘character’.

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 144

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