mḍl

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Cognate with Ghomara mṭel (“to bury”), Ghadames ănṭǝl, ănḍǝl (“to burry”), and Tetserret onḍəl (“to bury”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mdˤl/

Verb

mḍl (intensive aorist mṭṭl or aṭṭl, verbal noun amṭṭal or amḍal, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴹⵍ, Arabic spelling مضل)

to bury, to be buried
ايغ راد مضلن مدّن المَيِّت، آر زوار فلّاس تّژالّان.
iġ rad mḍln mddn lmayyit, ar zwar fllas ttẓallan.
before burying the deceased, we first pray for him.

Derived terms

asmḍl (“cemetery”)
ismḍl (“tomb”)

See also

amaḍal (“world”)
mmt (“to die”)
ẓall (“to pray”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1718a