ṭṭḍ

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ṭ-ṭ-ḍ (“to suckle”). Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵟⵟⴹ (ṭṭḍ, “to suckle”), Kabyle tetteḍ (“to suck”), Zenaga yuḍḍađ̣, and Tarifit ṭṭeḍḍ (“to suck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤːdˤ/

Verb

ṭṭḍ (intensive aorist teṭṭḍ, verbal noun tuṭḍa, Tifinagh spelling ⵟⵟⴹ, Arabic spelling طّض)

  1. to suckle, to nurse
  2. to soak, to be soaked
  3. to coagulate

Derived terms

  • ssuḍeḍ (“to suckle”)
  • tamṭṭut (“woman”)
  • tawṭṭiṭṭ (“blood clot”)
  • taḍḍeḍit (“leech”)

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2841a
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