adlis

Kabyle

Noun

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

  1. book

Derived terms

Tarifit

Etymology

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

Noun

adlis m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⵍⵉⵙ, plural idlisen)

  1. (neologism) book
    Synonym: řkitab

Declension
Declension 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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