imẓiy

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • imẓikk, imẓihk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *m-ẓ-k (“to be short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imzˤij/

Verb

imẓiy (intensive aorist ttimẓiy, preterite mẓẓiy, verbal noun tamẓki, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵥⵉⵢ, Arabic spelling ايمژيي)

  1. to be small, to be little, to be young
    Antonym: imɣur

Derived terms

  • amẓẓayku (“small person”)
  • aẓmẓk, aẓmẓi (“smallness”)
  • aẓmẓki (“reduction”)
  • imẓi (“kid (young goat)”)
  • imẓẓiyn, amẓẓiy, amẓyan (“short”)
  • tamẓki, tamẓi, mẓẓiy (“smallness, childhood, youth”)
  • ẓẓimẓiy (“to make little”)

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 1120a
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