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Kabyle|kəˈbaɪl|
Also Kabail, Kabile, Kabyl.
[Arab. ḳabā'il, pl. of ḳabīla tribe.]
A member of a group of Berber peoples inhabiting northern Algeria and Tunisia; these peoples collectively; also, the Berber (Hamitic) language of these peoples. Also attrib. Kabyle dog (see quot. 1945).
1738T. Shaw Trav. Barbary i. 8 The several Portions and Districts..are chiefly known and distinguished by the particular Names of the Kabyles..or African Families, who respectively possess them. 1818E. Blaquière tr. Pananti's Narr. Residence Algiers 181 The Bedouins are divided into many scattered tribes, called Kabiles, and vulgarly Nege. 1861Chambers's Encycl. II. 44/1 In Algeria, where they [sc. Berbers] usually are termed Kabyles, they are yet unconquered by the French. 1868L. Wingfield Under Palms in Algeria & Tunis I. iv. 84 He told us many things about the ‘interieur’ of Kabyle life. 1882F. W. Newman Libyan Vocab. 3 The Libyan language..was but one, according to St. Augustine. Now there are at least four, the Kabail in Algeria, the Shilha in the mountains of Morocco, the Tuarik..beyond the Atlas, and the Ghadamsi at Ghadames. Ibid. 38 Kabail verbs and verbals, including adjectives. 1900A. Wilkin Among Berbers of Algeria 178 Cheek by jowl the villages of Frenchmen and Kabyles stand. 1900Knowledge 1 Aug. 173/2 The various Kabyle tribes. 1924Glasgow Herald 14 Aug. 7 The Kabyles are agricultural Berbers living in the uplands of Morocco and Algeria. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 176 Kabyle Dog..a sheepdog native to the Kabyle Mountains. 1963Guardian 9 Oct. 11/1 President Ben Bella..does not speak Kabyle and many Kabyles do not understand Arabic. 1969E. Gellner Saints of Atlas i. 14 A Kabyle worker in France..has also kept his Berber speech. 1974Times 30 May 10/5 Sons are what Kabyl husbands demand... Sterility and daughters alike are no good, and Kabyl women know it. |