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

Related terms

• buyifadden (“person with big knees”)

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”), from Proto-Berber *a-ʔfud (“knee”), from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Zenaga oʔfud (“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, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 107a