kabyle

kabyle
(ka-bi-l') s. m. et f.
Nom des populations berbères, qui, conjointement avec les Arabes, occupent l'Afrique du nord, Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie.
   S. m. Le kabyle, langue parlée par les Kabyles, et qui paraît appartenir aux langues berbères.
   Arabe, kabaïlyy ( le 2nd a avec un accent long), adjectif tiré de kabail (2nd a : a long), pluriel de kabilat (i long), tribu, famille, peuplade berbère.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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