mǝḍḍ

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Larme (?)
English: tear
العربية: دمعة (؟)

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 280 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). mǝḍḍ (tear). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1973-medd (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctartear,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{mǝḍḍ (tear)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1973-medd},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… cloud (kind of) t-ǝ-kúf-an foam nuun-én vapor, smoke ary-én water kud-én blood haŋgar-én urine áznaɣ-an amniotic fluid árnan-an (snake)venom i-máṭw-an saliva i-mǝḍḍ-an tears i-wínʒir-an blood from nose i-ʃínʃar nasal mucus Double plurals Two items are found that allow for a double plural. The plural of taɣmú ‘sandal, shoe’ is interpreted as ‘a pair of …’ and several pairs can be marked by adding a second plural on the pluralized noun which is taɣm-én-en ‘pairs of sandals’. Th …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 124
… is regularly found in such constructions. (300) agúd aɣo k(a) arǝ₌kkéed(i) time DET LOC aɣa₌b-gun(á) 1s₌IMPERF-see 1p₌be.up ay₌n 3s₌GEN ay₌n 3s₌GEN béena top i-mǝḍḍ-an i₌b-zǝ-lǝnzǝl-ǝt. PL-tear-PL 3p₌IMPERF-CAUS-roll when we were up on the top, I saw (that) his tears were rolling down. Other time expressions can be found like assáʕat ‘time’. (301) assáʕat time aɣo ka DET he (a)₌ddúuwa thing 3s₌be.better LOC sa... ni₌n 2s₌GEN a-múnsu SG-meal a₌kkeení 3s₌lay.down COMP when your …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 298

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