abrid

Kabyle

Etymology

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ (abrid).

Noun

abrid m (plural iberdan)

  1. path

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
Free state abrid ibriden, iberdan
Construct state webrid yebriden, yiberdan

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

Possibly borrowed from Early Medieval Latin verēda (path, main road).

Compare Medieval Tashelhit tibrida (large road), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ (abrid, road), Tashelhit abrid (road, path), Nefusa brid (country road), Awjila tebarut (road), Tachawit ibriden (streets), Tamasheq abrid (road), Spanish vereda (path, line), and Portuguese vereda (narrow path).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æbrɪð/, (Central) /æβrɪð/

Noun

abrid m (plural ibriden, diminutive tabritt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ)

  1. road, path
  2. way, passage

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
free state abrid ibriden
construct state webrid yebriden
  • tabritt (path)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Medieval Latin verēda (path, main road), from Latin veredus (courier's horse).

Compare Medieval Tashelhit تيبريدا (tibrida, large road), Tarifit abrid (road, path), Nefusa brid (country road), Awjila tebarut (road), Tachawit ibriden (streets), Tamasheq abrid (road), Spanish vereda (path, line), and Portuguese vereda (narrow path).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abrid/

Noun

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

  1. road
    Synonym: aɣaras
    s tama ubrid.at the edge of the road.

Inflection

Inflection of abrid
singular plural
free state abrid ibridn
construct state ubrid ibridn

Derived terms

  • agarabrid (disaster)
  • tabrida (caravan route)
  • tibrida (large road)

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