Pharmacy & Health

1. ⵓⵙⵔⵖ ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵔ

   Usrɣ asafar

   I need medicine

   Usage

   Asking a pharmacy or doctor for medicine.

   Grammar Note

   Composed on the pattern "ⵓⵙⵔⵖ ⵜ" (I need it). In the dictionary ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵔ means "spice; medicine", and both corpora use it for medicine.

2. ⵉⵙ ⵖⵓⵔⴽ ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵔ?

   Is ɣurk asafar?

   Do you have medicine?

   Usage

   Asking about stock at a pharmacy; addressed to one man.

   Grammar Note

   Composed on the frame "ⵉⵙ ⵖⵓⵔⴽ …?" (do you have …?). For a woman use ⵖⵓⵔⵎ.

3. ⵖⵓⵔⵉ ⵜⴰⵡⵍⴰ

   Ɣuri tawla

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Describes a symptom; literally "with me is fever".

   Grammar Note

   "Have" is expressed by ⵖⵓⵔ plus a suffix (ⵖⵓⵔⵉ occurs 68 times). ⵜⴰⵡⵍⴰ is a dictionary headword with few corpus hits. Composed.

4. ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵔ

   Asafar

   Medicine

   Usage

   The basic word for medicine.

   Grammar Note

   A masculine noun; "spice; medicine" in the dictionary and attested in the corpus, for example "ⵙⵓ ⴰⵙⴰⴼⴰⵔ" (take the medicine).

5. ⵜⴰⵡⵍⴰ

   Tawla

   Fever

   Usage

   The word for fever.

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun from the dictionary; only one or two corpus hits (dictionary-grade evidence).

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