ggall

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əǵǵallăʔ (“to swear”). Cognate with Tarifit jjaǧ and Kabyle ggall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡːalː/

Verb

ggall (perfective ggull, imperfective ttgalla, verbal noun tagallit, Tifinagh spelling ⴳⴳⴰⵍⵍ, Arabic spelling ڭّالّ)

1. to swear (to promise by oath)

Derived terms

• imggilli (“one who swears”)
• tagallit (“oath”)

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