adlis

Kabyle

Noun

adlis m (construct state wedlis, plural idlisen, plural construct state yidlisen)

  1. book

Derived terms

Tarifit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Northern Saharan Berber aḍlis (“lip”). Compare Ghadames aḍalis (“lip”).

Noun

adlis m (plural idlisen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵍⵉⵙ)

  1. (neologism) book
    Synonym: řkitab

Declension

Inflection of adlis
singular plural
free state adlis idlisen
construct state wedlis yidlisen

Trivia

The word adlis has shifted in meaning due to a scribal error. In the original work by R. Basset there seems to have been a mistake where lèvre (“lip”) was noted down as livre (“book”).

References

  • Lanfry, Jacques (1973), Ghadamès: Glossaire (parler des Ayt waziten), France: le Fichier périodique, page 82
  • Basset, René (1887), Notes de lexicographie berbère: Vocabulaire du Touat et du Gourara, argot du Mzab, dialecte des Touaregs Aouelimmiden. (Quatrième série), Impr. nationale, page 57
  • Achab, Ramdane (1996), La néologie lexicale berbère: 1945-1995, Paris: Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 96
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