adef

Tarifit

Etymology

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Verb

adef (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴻⴼ)

1. (transitive) to enter, to penetrate, to insert
2. (intransitive, construed with di) to go into, to go under
3. (transitive, construed with x) to intrude, to encroach, to enter (onto someone's property)
4. (transitive, construed with ɣar) to join, to enlist
5. (transitive, construed with ak) to accompany, to form an alliance with
6. (transitive, construed with jar) to intervene, to interpose
7. (intransitive) to invade, to occupy

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• Verbal noun: adaf, uduf (“entrance”)
• Causative: sidef (“to let in, to admit”)
  • Verbal noun: asidef
• Reciprocal: msadef (“to interlock”)
  • Verbal noun: amsadaf
• Reciprocal: mradef (“to fight”)
• aduf (“marrow”)