afellus

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

• afullus, afulus (Ketama)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, from Latin pullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afəlːus/

Noun

afellus m (plural ifellusen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴻⵍⵍⵓⵙ)

1. (Seddat, Zerqet) chick, young chicken

   Synonyms: asiksiw (Hmed, Taghzut), afallat (Zerqet), aferruj (Bunsar), abeǧǧiw (Ketama)

2. (Ketama) rooster

   Synonyms: ayaziḍ, aferruj (Seddat, Zerqet), amudden (Hmed, Taghzut), aɛettuq (Ketama)

Declension

Inflection of afellus

	singular	plural
free state	afellus	ifellusen
annexed state	ufellus	ifellusen

Related terms

• (Hmed, Ketama) tafullust (“chicken, hen”)

References

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