suff

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“to inflate”), the causative form of *ʔ-f-f (“to swell”). Synchronically from s- (“causative prefix”) +‎ uff (“to swell”).

Cognate with Senhaja de Srair suff (“to inflate, to make swell”), and Zenaga yäššāˀf (“to blow, to inflate”).

Verb

suff (intensive aorist ttsuf, verbal noun asuff, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⵓⴼⴼ, Arabic spelling سوفّ)

  1. to inflate (by blowing), to swell something
    آر يتّسوفّ الرّويضة. ― ar ittsuff ṛṛwiḍa ― he inflates the tire.
  2. to bristle, to ruffle (eg. an animal like cat, snake or porcupine)
  3. to pout, to sulk

Derived terms

  • asuff (“inflating, swelling, anger”)

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 2110a
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