uday
Kabyle
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yehûdâ, “Judah”), possibly via Latin iudaeus (“Jewish, Jew”). Doublet of tihudit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /udaj/
Noun
uday m (plural udayen, feminine equivalent tudayt)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | uday | udayen |
| annexed state | wuday | wudayen |
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
Tashelhit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Berber, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yehûdâ, “Judah”), possibly via Latin iudaeus (“Jewish, Jew”). Doublet of ayhudiy and lihudi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /udaj/
Noun
uday m (plural udayn, feminine equivalent tudayt, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴷⴰⵢ, Arabic spelling اوداي)
- Jew
- ايتّاوروّا د ف عُمَرْ بن الخَطَّاب يزد يان ووداي خ ووداين يس اس ينّا(...)
- ittawrwwa d f ɛumar bn lxaṭṭab iz d yaw wuday x wudayn is as inna (…)
- It is reported on the authority of Omar ben el-Khattab that a certain Jew said to him (…)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | uday | udayn |
| annexed state | wuday | wudayn |
Derived terms
- ddin n wudayn (“Judaism”)
- lknist n wudayn, timzgida n wudayn (“synagogue”)
- tudayt (“Judaism”)
Adjective
uday (feminine tudayt, masculine plural udayn, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⴷⴰⵢ, Arabic spelling اوداي)
- Jewish
- ايطّاف وداي يات تمغارت تودايت.
- iṭṭaf uday yat tmɣart tudayt
- The Jew had a Jewish wife.
See also
References
- Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 2851b
Waray-Waray
Noun
udáy
- appellation to a young woman