abrid

abrid

Kabyle

Root
b-r-d (path)
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (path, main road).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abrid/

Noun

abrid m (plural iberdan or ibriden, feminine equivalent tabriṭ)

  1. path, way, road
  2. street
    Synonym: azniq
  3. trail
    Synonym: tazribt
  4. method, solution
  5. time (occasion, instance)

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
free state abrid iberdan, ibriden
annexed state webrid iberdan, yebriden

Notes

The plural ibriden is rare and generally only used in poetry.

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Spanish

Verb

abrid

  1. second-person plural imperative of abrir

Tachawit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abrid/
  • Audio (Batna):(file)

Noun

abrid m (plural iberdan)

  1. road

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (path, main road).

Pronunciation

  • (Nador) IPA(key): [ɛβɾɪˑð]

Noun

abrid m (plural ibriden, feminine equivalent tabritt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ)

  1. road, path, way

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
free state abrid ibriden
annexed state webrid yebriden

Derived terms

  • abrid n ixewwanen (Milky Way, literally way of thieves)
  • abrid uřum (Milky Way, literally way of hay)

References

  • Serhoual (2002)
  • Abarrou (2024)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (path, main road), from Latin veredus (light breed of horse), from Gaulish *werēdos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos. Cognate with Nefusa brid (country road) and Spanish vereda (path, road).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abrid/

Noun

abrid m (plural ibridn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ, Arabic spelling آبريد)

  1. road
    Synonym: aɣaras

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
free state abrid ibridn, ibrdan
annexed state ubrid ibridn, ibrdan

Derived terms

  • agarabrid (disaster)

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 46a