idammn

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *i-damm-ăn (“blood”)[1], from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- (“blood”).

Cognates include Zenaga əḏämmän (“blood”), Ghadames dămmăn (“blood”), Awjila dímmen (“blood”), Tarifit idammen (“blood”), Proto-Cushitic *dim- (“red”), and Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”); also compare Tashelhit addum (“to drain, to drop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /idamːn/

Noun

idammn pl (construct state idammn or yidammn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⴷⴰⵎⵎⵏ, Arabic spelling ايدامّن)

  1. blood
    ar issudum ufus nns s idammn. ― his arm is bleeding.

Derived terms

  • bu idammn (“barber”)
  • ngi s idammn (“to bleed”)

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 1033a
  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 25
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