tayda
Tarifit
Etymology
Ultimately from Classical Latin taeda (“pinewood”). It is evidently a rather ancient borrowing (likely from no later than the 3rd century CE), given the preservation of the ⟨ae⟩ as a diphthong all but rules out a Late Latin or Romance borrowing.
Noun
tayda f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵢⴷⴰ, plural taydawin or tiydiwin)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| free state | tayda | taydawin |
| construct state | tyda | tydawin |