asnus

Tarifit

Etymology

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Latin asinusbor.

Proto-Berber *asnus

Tarifit asnus

Inherited from Proto-Berber *asnus, borrowed from Latin asinus (“donkey, ass”).

Noun

asnus m (plural isnas, feminine equivalent tasnust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵏⵓⵙ)

1. donkey foal

   Synonym: aḥjud

Declension

Inflection of asnus

	singular	plural
free state	asnus	isnas
annexed state	wesnus	yisnas

Tashelhit

يان وسنوس

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin asinusbor.

Proto-Berber *asnus

Tashelhit asnus

Inherited from Proto-Berber *asnus, borrowed from Latin asinus (“donkey, ass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asnus/

Noun

asnus m (plural isnas, feminine equivalent tasnust, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵏⵓⵙ, Arabic spelling آسنوس)

1. donkey, ass, donkey foal

   ايسناس ژڭضن. ― isnas ẓgḍn. ― the donkeys are unleashed.

Inflection

Inflection of asnus

	singular	plural
free state	asnus	isnas
annexed state	usnus	isnas

See also

• ayyis (“horse”)
• aɣyul (“donkey”)
• lbhimt (“animal”)

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 442b