aḍaḍ

See also: adad and Adad

Tarifit

Noun

aḍaḍ m (plural iḍuḍan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴰⴹ)

Ayt Iṭṭeft form of ḍaḍ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

اِضُدَن (iḍudan) — Medieval Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ḍad ~ *a-ḍawd ~ *a-ḍakkəd (“finger”)^[1].

Compare Tarifit ḍaḍ (“finger”), Tamasheq aḍaḍ (“finger”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴹⴰⴹ (aḍaḍ, “finger”), Kabyle aḍad (“finger”), Chenoua ẓaḍ (“finger”), Tunisian Berber ð̣að̣ (“finger”), Tetserret aḍaḍ (“finger”) (pl. aḍǝgḍan), Zenaga aḏ̣aġḏi(ʔ) (“finger”), Ghadames aḍǝkkǝḍ (“finger”), Senhaja de Srair aḏ̣uġd, aḏ̣aḏ̣ (“finger”), Ghomara aṭuḡd (“finger”), Awjila tàqt (“finger”), and Nefusa tukkád (“finger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adˤadˤ/

Noun

aḍaḍ m (plural iḍuḍan, diminutive taḍaṭṭ, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⴰⴹ, Arabic spelling آضاض)

finger
آضاض يميارن تامّنت، اور سار يوغّد.
aḍaḍ imyarn tammnt ur sar yuġġd.
the finger accustomed to honey will never straighten up again.

Inflection

Inflection of **aḍaḍ**
	singular	plural
free state	aḍaḍ	iḍuḍan
annexed state	uḍaḍ	iḍuḍan

Derived terms

almaḍaḍ (“finger glove”)
aḍaḍ n tammnt (“a bit of honey”)
aḍaḍ n taqqayt (“uvula”)
aḍaḍ n tasa (“liver lobule”)
aḍaḍ n tgmmi n ugllid (“Queen bee cell”)
aḍaḍ n tuẓẓumt (“middle finger”)
aḍaḍ n yismg (“millipede”)

See also

afud (“knee”)
afus (“hand”)
aḍaṛ (“foot”)
tiɣssa (“body”)

References

^ Marijn van Putten Revision of Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber, 2011 [[1]]

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 78a