ss-

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

• s- (allomorph when the prefix is immediately followed by a consonant)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ss- (“causative prefix”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *s- (“causative prefix”).

Prefix

ss- (Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵙ-)

1. causative prefix, creating active transitive verbs from either already transitive verbs, nouns, or intransitive verbs

Derived terms

Senhaja de Srair terms prefixed with ss-

suḍ

sbeɛɛed

sdexxel

ssedkʷar

sferfer

ssekcem

zzenz

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

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• s-

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ss- (“causative prefix”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *s- (“causative prefix”). Cognate with Kabyle ss- (see ssired).

Prefix

ss-

1. causative prefix, creating active transitive verbs from either already transitive verbs, nouns, or intransitive verbs

   From a transitive verb: ‎ss- + ‎ggenfa (“to be cured”) → ‎sgenfa (“to heal”)

   From a noun: ‎ss- + ‎awař (“speech”) → ‎ssiweř (“to talk”)

   From an intransitive verb: ‎ss- + ‎cc (“to eat”) → ‎ssecc (“to feed”)