aḍu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adu"

Senhaja de Srair

Root
3 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˤu/

Noun

aḍu m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⵓ)

  1. (obsolete) wind
    Synonyms: leɛwan, lehwa, rriḥ

Declension

Inflection of aḍu
singular plural
free state aḍu
annexed state waḍu
  • suḍ (to blow)
    • (verbal noun) asuḍ (blowing)

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

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Noun

aḍu m (plural iḥiḍwen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⵓ)

  1. wind

Declension

Inflection of aḍu
singular plural
free state aḍu iḥiḍwen
annexed state waḍu yiḥiḍwen

Tashelhit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Cognate with Tetserret aḍi (wind), Nefusa aṭû (wind), Senhaja de Srair, Tarifit, Kabyle, Tachawit, Ghadames, and Tuareg aḍu (wind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˤu/

Noun

aḍu m (plural aḍutn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⵓ, Arabic spelling آضو)

  1. odor
  2. wind
  3. (poetic) good fortune, luck
Declension
Inflection of aḍu
singular plural
free state aḍu aḍutn
annexed state waḍu waḍutn
Derived terms
  • aḍu ijjan (parfum)
  • aḍu ij̣j̣an (bad odour)
  • war aḍu (odourless)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aḍǝβ (to fold)

Cognate with Ghadames odēβ (to fold), Tawellemmet and Tamahaq aḍu (to fold), Northern Saharan Berber aḍi (to pack up, to roll, to fold).

Verb

aḍu (intensive aorist ttaḍu, preterite uḍi or uḍa, verbal noun aḍḍaw, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴹⵓ, Arabic spelling آضو)

  1. to turn back
    اوكان ياضو جبريل تيغُردين.ukan yaḍu jibril tiġʷrdin.Then Gabriel turned back.
  2. to return
    يوضاد غ تمازيرت.yuḍa d ġ tmazirthe has returned from the country.
  3. to be refused, to be pushed back
    اورا د يتّاضو الدُّعاء.ur a d ittaḍu dduʕaThe prayer (addressed to God) is not rejected.
Derived terms
  • nnuḍu (to be folded)
  • ssaḍu (to return, to turn in another direction)

See also

  • ack d (to come)
  • azzl (to run)
  • aẓawaḍ (hot wind)
  • ijiwi (great wind)

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 85b

Tuareg

Etymology

Cognate with Tetserret aḍi (wind, odour), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴹⵓ (aḍu, wind), Kabyle, Tarifit, Tachawit, and Tashelhit aḍu

Noun

aḍu m

  1. (Tamasheq) wind