lbhimt

Tashelhit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (bəhēmā́)bor.?

Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma)

Moroccan Arabic بهيمة (bhīma)bor.

Tashelhit lbhimt

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بهيمة (bhīma), from Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma), possibly borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (bəhēmā́).

Noun

lbhimt m (plural lbhaym, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴱⵀⵉⵎⵜ, Arabic spelling لبهيمت)

1. animal (domestic), livestock

   Synonym: amuddr

   الخلق يغ يرا ا يسغ لبهيمت، آ يسّاغ لبهيمت يفصلن.

   lxlq iġ ira a isġ lbhimt, a issaġ lbhimt ifṣln.

   When you buy an animal, you buy one that is well built.

2. gross person

See also

• azgr (“bull”)
• aɣaḍ (“goat”)
• izimmr (“sheep”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1291a