ameẓẓyan

Tarifit

Alternative forms

  • amezzyan

Etymology

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵥⵥⵢⴰⵏ (amẓẓyan). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Adjective

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

  1. small, little
    aḥenjir d ameẓẓyan
    The 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
  • mẓi (to be small)
  • imẓi (newborn)