-DĄĄD

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *danʸ (“spring”).

The noun daan (“spring, springtime”) is derived from this root.

Root

-DĄĄD

1. spring comes, passes

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	spring comes or passes yidąąh ↳ beedąąh chʼínádąąh (ná-, “back”) iʼniidąąh (iʼnii-, “begin”)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-dąąh	-dąąd	-dąął	-dąąh	-dąąh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Antonyms

• -HAI (winter)
• -KʼEED (fall)
• -ZHĮ́ (summer)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DĄĄD (spring passes)