ameẓẓyan

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • amezzyan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Adjective

ameẓẓyan (feminine tameẓẓyant, masculine plural imeẓẓyanen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵥⵥⵢⴰⵏ)

  1. small, little
    Ɣar-s aḥenjir d ameẓẓyan.He has a little boy.
  2. young

Inflection

Inflection of ameẓẓyan
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
free state ameẓẓyan imeẓẓyanen tameẓẓyant timeẓẓyanin
construct state umeẓẓyan yimeẓẓyanen tmeẓẓyant tmeẓẓyanin
  • imẓi (newborn)
  • mẓi (to be small)