aṣmmiḍ

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • asmmiḍ

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اسمِّطْ (asǝmmiḍ, “cold”), from Proto-Berber *a-sămmiḍ (“cold”). Synchronically the verbal noun of iṣmiḍ (“to be cold”).

Cognate with Awjila ašəmmàṭ (“cold”), Northern Saharan Berber asemmaḍ (“cold”), and Zenaga äššämmađ̣ (“torrential rain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asˤmːidˤ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

aṣmmiḍ m (plural iṣmmiḍn or iṣmḍan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵚⵎⵎⵉⴹ, Arabic spelling آصمّيض)

  1. cold, coldness
  2. cold wind
  3. cold (illness)
  4. gonorrhea

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 467b
  • Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 267
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