ḍṣṣa

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • ṭṣṣa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ḍ-s-ʔ (“to laugh”).

Cognate with Ghomara ḍeṣṣ (“to laugh”), Senhaja de Srair ḍeṣ (“to laugh”), Awjila aṭs (“to laugh”), Ghadames ăḍs (“to laugh”), Nefusa eḍṣ, öḍṣ (“to laugh”), Tetserret aṭṣ (“to laugh”), and Zenaga aṭṣi(ʔ) (“to laugh”).

Verb

ḍṣṣa (intensive aorist ḍṣṣa, verbal noun taḍṣa, Tifinagh spelling ⴹⵚⵚⴰ, Arabic spelling ضصّا)

  1. to laugh
    اور سّينغ ماخ ار تضصّات. ― ur ssinɣ max ar ḍṣṣat. ― I don't know why you're laughing.

Derived terms

  • amaḍṣaw (“mocker”)
  • bu taḍṣa (“affable man”)
  • ssaḍṣa (“to make someone laugh”)
  • taḍṣa (“laughter”)
  • ḍṣṣa f (“to mock”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 738a
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