iḍ
Tarifit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *éβăḍ (“night”).
Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴹ (iḍ, “night”), Tashelhit iḍ (“night”), Tuareg éhăḍ (“night”), Ghadames ēβăḍ (“night”), Zenaga īḏ̣ (“night”), Awjila avoṭ (“night”).
Noun
iḍ m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴹ)
Derived terms
- iḍennaḍ (“yesterday”)
- iḍa (“nowadays”)
Related terms
- tameddit (“evening”)
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايط (iḍ, “night”), from Proto-Berber *eβăḍ (“night”)[1], ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic.
Cognate with Tuareg éhăḍ (“night”), Ghadames ēβăḍ (“night”), Zenaga īḏ̣ (“night”), Awjila avoṭ (“night”), Tetserret ayaḍ (“night”), Tarifit iḍ (“night”); Proto-Chadic *bVd- (“night”)[2], Proto-Cushitic *b-d, whence Beja báda (“twilight hour”), and Somali baaday (“to be late, to stay overnight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /idˤ/
Noun
iḍ m (construct state yiḍ, plural aḍan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴹ, Arabic spelling ايض)
- night
- تاوّوري نّس يڭاتّ ا يتعسّيس ف تڭُمّا دي ييض
- tawwuri nns iga tt a ittɛssis f tgʷmma ḍyyiḍ
- His job consists of guarding the houses at night.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | iḍ | aḍan |
| annexed state | yiḍ | waḍan |
Derived terms
- ayt waḍan (“jinn”)
- aɣʷẓn n yiḍ (“ogre”)
- di yiḍ (“at night”)
- iḍgam (“yesterday”)
- iḍlli (“yesterday”)
See also
References
- ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 21
- ^ Olga Stolbova, Chadic Lexical Database Issue VI: Labials b, f, p page :44 [[1]]
- 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, , →ISBN, page 1038b