afud

afud

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud (“knee”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afud/

Noun

afud m (plural ifadden, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⴷ)

  1. knee
    Uka u id-irẓa ci afud nnes, uka netta asreɛ waḥed.
    If he hadn't broken his knee, he would have been the fastest one.

Declension

Inflection of afud
singular plural
free state afud ifadden
annexed state ufud ifadden

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[2], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[3], Paris, France: HAL

Tashelhit

آفود ن وفڭان (afud n ufgan)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Afroasiatic
Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud
Medieval Tashelhit اَڢُودْ (afud)
Tashelhit afud

    Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَڢُودْ (afud, “knee”),[1] from Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud (“knee”), from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Zenaga oʔfud̠ (“knee”) and Coptic ⲡⲁⲧ (pat, “knee”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /afud/

    Noun

    afud m (plural ifaddn, diminutive tafutt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⵓⴷ, Arabic spelling آفود)

    1. (anatomy) knee
    2. (figurative) vigour, strength
    3. knot (of a plant)
    4. relief, surface elevation
    5. knee height
    6. lap (of a person)

    Derived terms

    • bu ifaddn (“strong person, bruiser, boyfriend”)
    • qqu s ifaddn (“to rape”)

    References

    • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 107a
    1. ^ Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎[1], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), page 22
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