aferrum

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

• iferrim (Ketama)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afərːum/

Noun

aferrum m (plural iferrumen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⵔⵔⵓⵎ) (Western)

1. tooth

   Synonyms: aqerruc (Bunsar, Seddat, Zerqet), isin (Hmed)

Declension

Inflection of aferrum

	singular	plural
free state	aferrum	iferrumen
annexed state	uferrum	iferrumen

See also

• afuɣmes (“canine tooth”) (Hmed)
• aqerruc (“tooth; canine tooth”) (Bunsar, Seddat, Zerqet)
• isin (“tooth; molar”) (Hmed)
• nnib (“canine tooth”)
• tiɣmest (“molar”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL