aydi
Kabyle
Alternative forms
- agdi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajdi/
Noun
aydi m (plural iḍan, feminine equivalent taydit)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | aydi | iḍan |
| annexed state | weydi | yiḍan |
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
Tarifit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ.
Noun
aydi m (plural iṭan, feminine equivalent taydit, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴷⵉ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | aydi | iṭan |
| annexed state | waydi | yiṭan |
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَيدِ (aydi, “dog”), from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ (“dog”)[1], ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic [Term?] (“dog”).
Cognate with Ghadames éde (“dog”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⴳⴷⵉ (igdi), ⵉⵢⴷⵉ (iydi, “dog”), Tarifit, Tachawit, Chenoua, Northern Saharan Berber, and Kabyle aydi (“dog”), Nefusa yudî (“dog”), Tamahaq eydi (“dog”), Tawellemmet and Tayert idi (“dog”), Fogaha édi (“dog”), Tetserret ed (“dog”), Zenaga iđ̣i (“dog”), and Proto-Chadic *ʔayd/ḍ– (“dog”)[2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajdi/
Noun
aydi m (plural iḍan, feminine equivalent taydit, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴷⵉ, Arabic spelling آيدي)
- dog
- Synonyms: ikzin, babbuz
- يان ينين ورعم اور يكصوض يضان.
- yan inin f uṛʕm ur iksuḍ iḍan.
- he who rides a camel does not fear dogs.
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | aydi | iḍan |
| annexed state | waydi, uydi, wuydi, wiydi | yiḍan |
Derived terms
- aydi n tagant (“jackal”)
- aydi n waman (“dogfish, otter”)
- takuccit n yiḍan (“mushroom”)
- tazart iḍan (“Ricinus communis”)
References
- ^ Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 256
- ^ STOLBOVA, O. Chadic lexical database. Issue V, #116a.
- 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 528a