ddm

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• uddm, addum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tarifit udum, Northern Saharan Berber eddum (“to drip off”) and Kabyle udem (“to drip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dːm/

Verb

ddm (imperfective ttddm, verbal noun addm, Tifinagh spelling ⴷⴷⵎ, Arabic spelling دّم)

1. to dive, to plunge, to immerse
2. to drip, to fall drop by drop
3. to sink, to drown

Derived terms

• nuddm (“to doze”)
• suddm (“to drop (of liquid)”)
• tasaddamt (“drop”)

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