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)
- path, way, road
- street
- Synonym: azniq
- trail
- Synonym: tazribt
- method, solution
- time (occasion, instance)
Inflection
| 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
- second-person plural imperative of abrir
Tachawit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abrid/
Audio (Batna): (file)
Noun
abrid m (plural iberdan)
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)
Inflection
| 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)
Inflection
| 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, , →ISBN, page 46a