ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ

Moroccan Amazigh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Kabyle amaḍal (“world”), from Tuareg amăḍal (“soil, earth”), ultimately from Proto-Berber *m-ḍ-l (“to bury, to be buried”).

Noun

ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (amaḍal) m

  1. world

Inflection

Inflection of ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (amaḍal)
singular plural
free state ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (amaḍal) ⵉⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍⵏ (imaḍaln)
annexed state ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (umaḍal) ⵉⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍⵏ (imaḍaln)

Derived terms

  • ⴰⴽⴰⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ (akas n umaḍal, “World cup”)
  • ⴰⵎⴰⴹⵍⴰⵏ (amaḍlan, “global, worldwide”)

Descendants

  • → Tashelhit: amaḍal (“world”)

References

  • “ⴰⵎⴰⴹⴰⵍ”, in Dictionnaire général de la langue amazighe amazighe-français-arabe, online edition, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, 2022
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