fsi

Tarifit

Root
f-s-y
1 term

Alternative forms

• fsey

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăfsǝy. Cognate with Tashelhit fsi.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [fsɪ]
• Syllabification: fsi
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Verb

fsi (verbal noun afsay, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵙⵉ) (ergative)

1. to untie, to detach
2. to melt, to dissolve

Conjugation

Conjugation of fsi

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle ifesyen ifesyen yefsiyen ifessyen ifessyen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m fesyeɣ tfesyed yefsi nefsi tfesyem fesyen f tefsi tfesyent fesyent perfective m fesyeɣ tfesyed yefsi nefsi tfesyem fesyen f tefsi tfesyent fesyent negative perfective m fsiyeɣ tefsiyed yefsiy nefsiy tefsiyem fsiyen f tefsiy tefsiyent fsiyent imperfective m fessyeɣ tfessyed ifessi nfessi tfessyem fessyen f tfessi tfessyent fessyent negative imperfective m fessyeɣ tfessyed ifessi nfessi tfessyem fessyen f tfessi tfessyent fessyent aorist imperative m fsi fesyem, fesyet f fesyent imperfective imperative m fessi fessyem, fessyet f fessyent injunctive m nfesyet f nfesyent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăfsǝy (“to untie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fsi/

Verb

fsi (imperfective fssi, verbal noun afsay or afssay, Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵙⵉ, Arabic spelling فسي)

1. to unfasten, untie
   1. to unknot; to untangle; to unsew; to unyoke
2. to set free
3. to open
4. to bloom
5. to find a solution
6. to be(come) easy
7. to melt, to dissolve

References

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