igigil

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• igigl, agugil, agujil, agujul

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Berber *a-gugel

Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (igigil)

Tashelhit igigil

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit [script needed] (igigil), from Proto-Berber *a-gugel (“orphan”). Cognate with Tarifit ayujiř.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡiɡil/

Noun

igigil m (plural igigiln, feminine equivalent tigigilt, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴳⵉⴳⵉⵍ, Arabic spelling ايڭيڭيل)

1. orphan

Inflection

Inflection of igigil

	singular	plural
free state	igigil	igigiln
annexed state	yigigil, igigil	igigiln

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