adbir

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • atbir, adbyar

Etymology

From Proto-Berber [Term?]. The root has been reconstructed to *dbr or *tbr. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight atbir (“pigeon”), Kabyle itbir (“pigeon”), Tachawit adbir (“pigeon”), Northern Saharan Berber atbir (“pigeon, dove”), Ghadames adabir (“pigeon”), Tuareg edebir (“pigeon, dove”).

Noun

adbir m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴱⵉⵔ, plural idbiren, feminine equivalent tadbirt)

  1. pigeon
  2. dove
    Synonym: tmaǧa

Declension

Inflection of adbir
singular plural
free state adbir idbiren
construct state udbir yidbiren
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