afullus

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pullus, via African Romance.

Compare Tarifit afiǧus, and Moroccan Arabic فلّوس (“chick,rooster”).

Noun

afullus m (plural ifullusn, feminine equivalent tafullust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آفولّوس)

  1. rooster
    ifullusn ar tzdaġn ġ undaru. ― the roosters lives in the coop.
  2. chick
    Synonym: akiyyaw
  3. chicken
    Synonym: tafullust

Derived terms

  • afullus n waman (“moorhen, waterfowl”)
  • takrkurt n ufullus (“cock's comb”)
  • tiɣri n ifullusn (“rooster crowing”)

See also

  • amdduz (“manure pile”)
  • andaru (“coop”)
  • aylal (“bird”)
  • tifiyyi (“meat”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110a
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