sḍis

Kabyle

Kabyle numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: setta
    Learned cardinal: sḍis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sdˤis/

Numeral

sḍis m (feminine sḍiset)

  1. (neologism) six
    Synonym: setta

References

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

Tashelhit

Tashelhit numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: sḍis
    Ordinal: wiss sḍis

Etymology

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Cognate with Zenaga šuḏ̣iš (“six”), Tetserret šaḍiš (“six”), Ghadames ṣuẓ (“six”), and Tuareg săḍis (“six”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sdˤis/

Numeral

sḍis m (feminine sḍist, Tifinagh spelling ⵙⴹⵉⵙ, Arabic spelling سضيس)

  1. six
    سضيس ووسّان. ― sḍis wussan. ― six days.
    سضيست تمغارين. ― sḍist tmġarin. ― six women.

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1950a
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