ɛiyyed

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic عيد (ʕayyad, “to celebrate a holiday”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ɛiyyed (Tifinagh spelling ⵄⵉⵢⵢⴻⴷ)

  1. (intransitive) to celebrate or spend a religious holiday [with ak; or with di]
    Nɛiyyed ak lwalidin. ― We spent the holiday with the parents.
  2. (transitive) to sacrifice an animal (on the occasion of a holiday)
    Iɛiyyed s tiɣsi. ― He sacrificed a goat.
  3. (transitive) to buy the sacrificial sheep
    Ǧa heřceɣ war ɣar-i minzi ɣar ɛiyydeɣ.
    I was sick and did not have the means to buy a sheep for the holiday.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • (verbal noun) aɛiyyed (“celebration of a holiday”)
  • bilɛyad (“the eleventh lunar month (between Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha)”)
  • řɛid (“eid, feast”)
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