ameqqran

From the same root as imɣur (“to be/grow large”) and amɣar (“old man”). -ɣ- in Kabyle regularly becomes -qq- when geminated.

ameqqran

1. big, large, vast

   Axxam-im d ameqqran !

   Your house is big!

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ (amqqran) and Kabyle ameqqran. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ameqqran (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ, feminine tameqqrant, masculine plural imeqqranen)

1. big, large

   iserman imeqqranen

   The large fish.

2. tall
3. wide, spacious
4. old, adult

ameqqran m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵇⵔⴰⵏ, plural imeqqranen, feminine equivalent tameqqrant)

1. the big, tall one

   taṛwa n umeqqran

   The children of the tall one.

• mɣar (“to be big”)
• amɣar (“chieftain”)
• tamɣart (“woman”)