aydi

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• agdi

Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ

Kabyle aydi

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajdi/

Noun

aydi m (plural iḍan, feminine equivalent taydit)

1. dog

   Synonym: aqjun

Inflection

Inflection of aydi

	singular	plural
free state	aydi	iḍan
annexed state	weydi	yiḍan

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

Tarifit

Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ

Tarifit aydi

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛj.ðɪ]
• Syllabification: ay‧di
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Noun

aydi m (plural iṭan or iṭṭan, feminine equivalent taydit, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴷⵉ)

1. dog

   Synonyms: aqzin, aheggar

Inflection

Inflection of aydi

	singular	plural
free state	aydi	iṭan, iṭṭan
annexed state	weydi	yiṭan, yiṭṭan

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Tashelhit

FWOTD – 19 July 2025

يان وايدي (ya waydi)

Etymology

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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ

Medieval Tashelhit اَيدِ

Tashelhit aydi

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَيدِ, from Proto-Berber *a-ydiʔ, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Ghadames éde, Zenaga iđ̣i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajdi/

Noun

aydi m (plural iḍan, feminine equivalent taydit, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵢⴷⵉ, Arabic spelling آيدي)

1. dog

   Synonyms: ikzin, babbuz

   يان ينين ف ورعم، اور يكصوض يضان.

   yan inin f uṛʕm, ur iksuḍ iḍan.

   he who rides a camel does not fear dogs.

Inflection

Inflection of aydi

	singular	plural
free state	aydi	iḍan
annexed state	waydi, uydi, wuydi, wiydi	yiḍan

Derived terms

• aydi n tagant (“jackal”)
• aydi n waman (“dogfish, otter”)
• takuccit n yiḍan (“mushroom”)
• tazart iḍan (“Ricinus communis”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 528a