amud

English

Etymology

From Hebrew עַמּוּד.

Noun

amud (plural amudim)

1. The lectern on the bima.
   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 145:

     In many congregations it is customary for the Reader to chant Hamelekh while standing in his place or near the amud (prayer desk) and then to walk to it with a bowed head and to conclude, "Who is sitting on a high and lofty throne."

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Etymology

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Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵓⴷ (amud, “seed”), Kabyle amud (“seed”), and Tuareg ădom (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amud/

Noun

amud m (construct state wamud, plural imaddn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵓⴷ, Arabic spelling آمود)

1. seed

Inflection

Inflection of amud

	singular	plural
free state	amud	imaddn, imudn
annexed state	wamud	imaddn, imudn

Derived terms

• agaramud (“cowardly man”)
• amud n lkttan (“flax seed”)
• gr amud (“to sow”)

See also

• akal (“earth”)
• tabxxuyt (“insect”)
• tilkit (“louse”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 309b