abrid

Kabyle

Root
b-r-d (path)
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abrid/

Noun

abrid m (plural iberdan or ibriden, feminine equivalent tabriṭ)

1. path, way, road
2. street

   Synonym: azniq

3. trail

   Synonym: tazribt

4. method, solution
5. time (occasion, instance)

Inflection

Inflection of abrid

	singular	plural
free state	abrid	iberdan, ibriden
annexed state	webrid	iberdan, yebriden

Notes

The plural ibriden is rare and generally only used in poetry.

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

Spanish

Verb

abrid

1. second-person plural imperative of abrir

Tachawit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abrid/

• Audio (Batna):

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Noun

abrid m (plural iberdan)

1. road

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”).

Pronunciation

• (Iqeřɛiyen) IPA^(key): [ɛβɾɪð]

Noun

abrid m (plural ibriden, feminine equivalent tabrit, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ)

1. road, path, way

Inflection

Inflection of abrid

	singular	plural
free state	abrid	ibriden
annexed state	webrid	yebriden

Derived terms

• abrid n ixewwanen (“Milky Way”, literally “way of thieves”)
• abrid uřum (“Milky Way”, literally “way of hay”)

References

• Serhoual, Mohammed (2002), Dictionnaire tarifit-français [Tarifit-French dictionary], Tétouan: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi
• Abarrou, Jamal (2024), Dictionnaire rifain-français illustré, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber, perhaps from Early Medieval Latin verēda (“path, main road”).

Cognate with Tarifit, Central Atlas Tamazight, Kabyle, and Tachawit abrid (“road, path”), Nefusa brid (“country road”), Tayert ăbarid, abrid (“road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abrid/

Noun

abrid m (plural ibridn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵔⵉⴷ, Arabic spelling آبريد)

1. road

   Synonym: aɣaras

Inflection

Inflection of abrid

	singular	plural
free state	abrid	ibridn, ibrdan
annexed state	ubrid	ibridn, ibrdan

Derived terms

• agarabrid (“disaster”)

References

• 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, →DOI, →ISBN, page 46a