addad

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adːad/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“standing, stopping”), a verbal noun of *ăβdəd (“to stand”). Synchronically from bdd (“to stand”).

Compare Awjila avdàd (“stopping”), Tarifit addud (“standing position”), Kabyle addud (“standing position”). For semantics, compare Latin status (“state, position, place”), and Arabic مَوْقِف (mawqif, “position, situation”).

Noun

addad m (construct state waddad, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴷⴰⴷ, Arabic spelling آدّاد)

place, position
آمژ ادّاد نّك ― amẓ addad nnk ― Stay in your place.
state, situation, condition

Inflection

Inflection of **addad**
	singular	plural
free state	addad	addadn
annexed state	waddad	waddadn

Descendants

→ Kabyle: addad (“state (grammar)”)
- Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⴷⴷⴰⴷ (addad, “state”)

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of add (“to lower, to press”)

Cognate with Tayert and Tawellemmet addad (“pressing”) (verbal noun of adǝd (“to press”)).

Noun

addad m (construct state waddad, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴷⴰⴷ, Arabic spelling آدّاد)

lowering
addad n usmaqql ― lowering the gaze
press (action of pressing)
a wad (used in firearms)
g addad ― Insert a wad.

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 65a