isdid

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *s-d-d (“to be thin”). Cognate with Tarifit azdad (“thin”), Tamasheq isdad (“to be thin”), and Zenaga šäđəđ (“to be thin”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isdid/

Verb

isdid (intensive aorist ttisdid, preterite sdid, verbal noun tisddi, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵙⴷⵉⴷ, Arabic spelling ايسديد)

  1. to be thin, slim, slender
    Antonym: iḍni
  2. to be light
    Synonym: ifsus

Derived terms

  • amsdaydu, asdaydu (“thin person”)
  • isdidn (“thin, slim”)
  • lḥruf sdidnin (“non-emphatic letters”)
  • ssisdid (“to make thin, to thin”)
  • tisddi (“thinness”)

See also

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 1144b
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