rg

Tashelhit

Etymology

From earlier Tashelhit *wrg, borrowed from a Zenaga-like Berber substratum form *äwrəg, ultimately from Proto-Berber *ăβrəǵ (“to grind, crush”). Doublet of bri (“to grind, to crush”).

Cognate with Awjila aβərg (“pestle (for crushing dates)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɡ/

Verb

rg (intensive aorist rrag, verbal noun awrag or arrag, Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴳ, Arabic spelling رڭ)

1. to grind, to crush

   Synonym: bri

   رڭينت ڭيد الموس انّ، كّسنت ڭيس تيژنين

   rgint gid almus ann, kksnt gis tiẓnin

   They crush the Argan kernel and remove the white almonds.

Derived terms

• argan (“Argan”)
• azrg (“mill”)
• taggunt (“stone, pebbles used for crushing kernels”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1882b