n. (m.)

1. ˁímɛr yɔʰ menḳáynaˁ yɔʰ teṣaľíˀin ḷe-genézeʰ ˁag metaˁáľľem ˁag meˁáľľem wa-di-ˁérob teṣaľíˀin ḷe-genézeʰ ‘They said: “Are you mad? Go and pray at the burial!” (For he was an educated man, an imam, well read.) “Go and pray at the burial!”’ (CSOL I 25:81)

2. 

a. gédaḥ maˁáľľam wa-béne énhi ḳáˁar tóˀo éraḥ mes faḳḥ ṭáhɛr wa-ˀaḷ-ˁad tómiˁ ľibnέ ‘A builder came and started to build a house for me. When he was halfway through, he left and and refused to continue’ (CSOL I 6:45)

b. béne ˁag ˁarέbeʰ di-ḳáˁar di-men ṭeʸh tóˀo eróḥoʰ mesáwa ṭérob meˁáľľem wa-ṭáhɛrk ˁágˁokk be-ˁarέbeʰ wa-meˁáľľem yéṣtet ‘A man (a builder) was building the wall of a house in the “one-atop-another” style. When the wall reached the ceiling, the builder descended and I (the homeowner) went to push and pull at the wall (to test it) while the builder was watching’ (CSOL III 13:2)

• meˁálimaʰ musicians and reciters of poetry accompanied by drum beating (awáwa) who are invited to feasts
• mеtaˁáľľеm learned man
• taˁľím instruction
• ˁáľľamat she instructed
• еtˁáľľam I will learn
• áḷḷaʰ áˁľam God knows better
• ˁaľámeʰ sign
• ˁaľamát marks, grades
• ˁaľm mark
• ˁiľm knowledge
• meˁáľľem teacher