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)

  1. night
    Synonym: ǧiřet

Derived terms

  • iḍennaḍ (“yesterday”)
  • iḍa (“nowadays”)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *éβăḍ (“night”)[1]

Compare Tuareg éhăḍ (“night”), Ghadames ēβăḍ (“night”), Zenaga īḏ̣ (“night”), Awjila avoṭ (“night”), and Tarifit iḍ (“night”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /idˤ/

Noun

iḍ m (construct state yiḍ, plural aḍan, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴹ, Arabic spelling ايض)

  1. night
    tili tġzut ar iḍ u war aḍan ― a fantasia was organized all day until night.

Inflection

Inflection of iḍ
singular plural
free state iḍ aḍan
construct state yiḍ waḍan

Derived terms

  • ayt waḍan (“jinn”)
  • aɣʷẓn n yiḍ (“ogre”)
  • d yyiḍ (“at night”)
  • iḍgam (“yesterday”)
  • iḍlli (“yesterday”)

See also

  • ass (“day”)
  • ayyur (“moon, month”)
  • azal (“daylight”)
  • timnsiwin (“goodnight”)

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 21
  • 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 1038b
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