amarg

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan amar (“bitter”) (from Latin amārus), modified by influence from the verb amargar. Compare Spanish amargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈmark]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmaɾk]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [aˈmark]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾk

Adjective

amarg (feminine amarga, masculine plural amargs, feminine plural amargues)

1. bitter (acrid taste)

Derived terms

• amargament
• amargar
• amargor
• amarguejar
• amarguesa
• amargura
• cogombre amarg

Further reading

• “amarg”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amarg”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “amarg” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Tashelhit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *m-

Proto-Berber *-m-

Medieval Tashelhit اَمْـ (am-)

Tashelhit am-

Proto-Berber *ăβrəǵ

Zenaga *äwrəgbor.

Medieval Tashelhit *اَوْرَڭْ (ewreg)

Tashelhit rg

Tashelhit amarg

From am- (nomen agentis prefix) + rg (“to crush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amarɡ/

Noun

amarg m (plural imurig, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵔⴳ, Arabic spelling آمارڭ)

1. melancholy
2. regret
3. longing, yearning

   ياغيّي ومارڭ نّم ― yaɣ iyyi umarg nnm ― I miss you

4. nostalgia
5. love, affection
6. poem
7. poetry
8. tune, melody
9. song
10. music

    ماد دارك يعزّان، آمارڭ اقديم نغ د وين لجديد؟

    mad dark iɛzzan, amarg aqdim nɣd win ljdid

    Which do you like more, old music or modern music?

Inflection

Inflection of amarg

	singular	plural
free state	amarg	imurig
annexed state	umarg	imurig

Derived terms

• amarg n tmazirt (“homesickness”)
• ayt umarg (“poets, musicians”)
• bab n umarg (“poet”)

Noun

amarg m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵔⴳ, Arabic spelling آمارڭ) (rare)

1. alternative form of amrrag: one who crushes kernels

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 382b