imɣi

Kabyle

Root
m-ɣ-y
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imʁi/

Noun

imɣi m (plural imɣan)

  1. verbal noun of mɣi: sprout, shoot; growth of a plant

Inflection

Inflection of imɣi
singular plural
free state imɣi imɣan
annexed state yemɣi yemɣan

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber [Term?] (“gemination, plant”). Synchronically from mmɣi (“to germinate”).

Cognate with Kabyle imɣi (“plant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imɣi/

Noun

imɣi m (plural imɣitn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵖⵉ, Arabic spelling ايمغي)

  1. germination
  2. vegetation, plant
    تامازيرت بلا يمغي. ― tamazirt bla imġi. ― a country with no vegetation.

See also

References

  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1100
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