suḍ
Senhaja de Srair
| Root |
|---|
| ḍ |
| 3 terms |
Alternative forms
- ssuḍ
- ṣuḍ, ṣṣuḍ
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber. By surface analysis, ss- (“causative prefix”) + aḍu (“wind”), literally “to cause wind”. Currently, the original base of this verb, aḍu (“wind”), is obsolete[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sudˤ/
Verb
suḍ (verbal noun asuḍ, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓⴹ)
Related terms
References
- Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[3], retrieved 2025
- Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)[4], Paris, France: HAL
Tashelhit
Alternative forms
- ṣuḍ
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *s-eβeḍ / *s-βeḍ (“to blow”). By surface analysis, ss- (“causative prefix”) + aḍu (“wind”), literally “to cause wind”[1].
Cognate with Ghadames sβēḍ (“to blow”), Tamahaq seheḍ (“to blow”), Tawellemmet and Tayert ēwĕḍ (“to be inflated with air”) & sēwĕḍ (“to blow”), Central Atlas Tamazight suḍ (“to blow”), Ghat, Senhaja de Srair, and Kabyle suḍ (“to blow”), and Zenaga yäššāđ̣ (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sudˤ/
Verb
suḍ (intensive aorist ttsuḍ or swaḍ, verbal noun aṣuḍ, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓⴹ, Arabic spelling سوض)
- (intransitive) to blow, to exhale
- سوض ي ترڭين اد نفدنت. ― suḍ i trgin ad nfdnt ― blow on the embers so that they catch fire.
Derived terms
- awṣaḍ (“dragon”)
- aṣuḍ (“blowing, ass”)
- suḍ lɛwwad (“to play the flute”)
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, , →ISBN, page 2109b