ddunit

Kabyle

Alternative forms

  • ddunnit

Etymology

Early borrowing from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā). Doublet of ddenya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dːunit/

Noun

ddunit f (usually uncountable)

  1. world
    Synonyms: ddenya, amaḍal
  2. this mortal life; life in this world
    Synonym: ddenya
    Antonym: laxert

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Tarifit

Noun

ddunit f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓⵏⵉⵜ)

  1. alternative form of ddunect

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit الدّونيت (eddunit, “life, world”), early borrowing from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā, “life, world”).

Noun

ddunit f (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵓⵏⵉⵜ, Arabic spelling دّونيت)

  1. world, universe, life down here
    ايمّيم وايدا ن الدّونيت، ميش يوالات يد وليلي، نغ يرا الرّوح ا يفّوغ، آوين ك س لقبرِ.
    immim wayda n ddunit, miš iwala t id-i ulili, nġ ira rruḥ a iffuġ, awin k s lqbr-i.
    The possessions of this world are sweet, but they leave behind a taste of oleander; for the soul must leave this lower world, and then you are carried to your grave.
  2. goods of the world

Inflection

Inflection of ddunit
singular plural
free state ddunit -
annexed state ddunit -

Derived terms

  • ayt ddunit (“rich people”)
  • bu ddunit (“rich person”)
  • ḥubbu ddunit (“to be materialistic”)

See also

  • akal (“earth”)
  • ass n tiddi (“judgement day”)
  • tudrt (“life”)

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 705a
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