kraḍ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "krad"

Kabyle

Kabyle numbers (edit)
3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tlata
    Learned cardinal: kraḍ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from another Berber language[1]. Compare Tashelhit kraḍ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kradˤ/

Numeral

kraḍ m (feminine kraḍet)

  1. (neologism) three
    Synonym: tlata

References

  1. ^ Ramdane Achab (2013), L’aménagement du lexique berbère de 1945 à nos jours‎[1] (in French), Editions Achab

Tashelhit

Tashelhit numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: kraḍ
    Ordinal: wiss kraḍ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Zenaga kaṛaḏ̣ (“three”), Tetserret karaḍ (“three”), Tuareg kăraḍ (“three”), Ghadames kárăḍ (“three”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵛⵔⴰⴹ (craḍ, “three”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kradˤ/

Numeral

kraḍ m (feminine kraṭṭ, Tifinagh spelling ⴽⵔⴰⴹ, Arabic spelling كراض)

  1. three
    نكّي ريغ اد سكرغ كراضت تتّفاحين ن وورغ.
    nkki riɣ ad skrɣ kraṭṭ tettfaḥin n wurɣ
    I will have three golden apples made.
    كّيغ غ الدّزاير كراض ووسَان
    kkiɣ ɣ ddzayr kraḍ wussan
    I spent three days in Algeria.

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1247b
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