aberkan

Kabyle

Root
b-r-k
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abərkan/

Adjective

aberkan (feminine taberkant, masculine plural iberkanen)

  1. black

Inflection

Inflection of aberkan
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
free state aberkan iberkanen taberkant tiberkanin

Noun

aberkan m (plural iberkanen, feminine equivalent taberkant)

  1. a black object or being
  2. (derogatory) a black person

Inflection

Inflection of aberkan
singular plural
free state aberkan iberkanen
annexed state uberkan yiberkanen

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

Tachawit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Adjective

aberkan m (plural iberkanen)

  1. black

Tarifit

Adjective

aberkan (feminine taberkant, masculine plural iberkanen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ)

  1. alternative form of abarcan

Inflection

Inflection of aberkan
singular plural
masculine aberkan ibarcanen
feminine tabarcant tibarcanin

Noun

aberkan m (plural iberkanen, feminine equivalent taberkant, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ)

  1. alternative form of abarcan

Inflection

Inflection of aberkan
singular plural
free state aberkan iberkanen
annexed state uberkan yiberkanen
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