adfl

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

atfl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“snow”).

Cognate with Ghomara adfel (“snow”), Senhaja de Srair adfi (“snow”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴷⴼⵍ (adfl, “snow”), Tarifit adfeř (“snow”), and Chenoua aḍfel (“snow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adfl/

Noun

adfl m (plural idflan, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴼⵍ, Arabic spelling آدفل)

snow
آر يطّار ودفل ― ar iṭṭaṛ udfl ― It's snowing.

Inflection

Inflection of **adfl**
	singular	plural
free state	adfl	idflan
annexed state	udfl	idflan

Derived terms

ajddig n udfl (“snowflake”)

See also

amdlu (“cloud”)
aɣris (“ice”)
aṣmmiḍ (“cold”)
ignna (“sky”)
tagrst (“winter”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 67b