adef

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

Verb

adef (verbal noun adaf or uduf, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴻⴼ)

  1. (transitive) to enter, to return to penetrate, to insert
    Yudef taddart nnes. ― He returned home.
  2. (intransitive) to go into, to penetrate, to pierce [with di]
  3. (transitive) to visit, to enter (someone's house) [with x]
  4. (transitive) to arrive (at a place), to return, to join, to enlist [with ɣar]
    Synonyms: aweḍ, rḥeg, darek, xḍeř [with ɣar], xecc [with ɣar]
  5. (transitive) to accompany, to form an alliance with [with ak]
  6. (transitive) to intervene, to interpose [with jar]
  7. (intransitive) to invade, to occupy

Conjugation

Conjugation of adef
aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective
participle yadfen yudfen yudifen itadfen itidfen
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aorist m adfeɣ tadfed yadef nadef tadfem adfen
f tadef tadfent adfent
perfective m udfeɣ tudfed yudef nudef tudfem udfen
f tudef tudfent udfent
negative perfective m udifeɣ tudifed yudif nudif tudifem udifen
f tudif tudifent udifent
imperfective m tadfeɣ ttadfed itadef ntadef ttadfem tadfen
f ttadef ttadfent tadfent
negative imperfective m tidfeɣ ttidfed itidef ntidef ttidfem tidfen
f ttidef ttidfent tidfent
aorist imperative m adef adfem, adfet
f adfent
imperfective imperative m tadef tadfem, tadfet
f tadfent

Derived terms

  • aduf (“marrow”)
  • (reciprocal) mradef (“to fight”)
  • (reciprocal) msadef (“to interlock”)
    • (verbal noun) amsadaf
  • (causative) ssidef (“to let in, to admit”)
    • (verbal noun) assidef
  • uduf (“entrance”)
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