noun
also ka·byl kəˈbī(ə)l, -bē(ə)l
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīlah tribe
1. : a Berber belonging to a Muslim agricultural people of the mountainous coastal area east of Algiers including blond and brunet types and now speaking chiefly Arabic
2. : the Berber language of the Kabyles