ddem

Senhaja De Srair

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دم (damm). Doublet of idammen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dːəm/

Noun

ddem m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵎ)

  1. blood
    Synonym: (Ketama, Taɣzut) idammen

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties : phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic دم (damm). Doublet of idammen.

Noun

ddem m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵎ)

  1. (Western Tarifit) blood
    Synonym: idammen

Verb

ddem (verbal noun addam or udum, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⴻⵎ)

  1. (Western Tarifit) to bite
    Synonyms: mmarmec, zɛef

Conjugation

Conjugation of ddem
aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective
participle yeddmen yeddmen yeddimen iteddmen iteddmen
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aorist m ddmeɣ teddmed yeddem neddem teddmem ddmen
f teddem teddment ddment
perfective m ddmeɣ teddmed yeddem neddem teddmem ddmen
f teddem teddment ddment
negative perfective m ddimeɣ teddimed yeddim neddim teddimem ddimen
f teddim teddiment ddiment
imperfective m teddmeɣ tteddmed iteddem nteddem tteddmem teddmen
f tteddem tteddment teddment
negative imperfective m teddmeɣ tteddmed iteddem nteddem tteddmem teddmen
f tteddem tteddment teddment
aorist imperative m ddem ddmem, ddmet
f ddment
imperfective imperative m teddem teddmem, teddmet
f teddment