abarcan

Spanish

Verb

abarcan

1. third-person plural present indicative of abarcar

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• abarkan, aberkan

Etymology

From earlier aberkan, inherited from Proto-Berber.

Adjective

abarcan (feminine tabarcant, masculine plural ibarcanen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⵔⵛⴰⵏ)

1. black
2. swarthy

Inflection

Inflection of abarcan

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
free state	abarcan	ibarcanen	tabarcant	tibarcanin

Noun

abarcan m (plural ibarcanen, feminine equivalent tabarcant, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⵔⵛⴰⵏ)

1. the black one
2. the swarthy one

Inflection

Inflection of abarcan

	singular	plural
free state	abarcan	ibarcanen
annexed state	ubarcan	yibarcanen

Related terms

• Berkan (“Berkane, a city in Northeast Morocco”)