تاكوت
Arabic
Alternative forms
- تِيكُوت (tīkūt), تِيكَوْت (tīkawt), تَكُوت (takūt), تَكَوْت (takawt)
Etymology
An early Berber borrowing; see Jacques-Meunié 1951 for Berber forms and ritual uses.
Noun
تَاكُوت or تَاكَوْت • (tākūt or tākawt) m (Algeria, Morocco, al-Andalus)
- spurge
- Synonym: فَرْبِيُون (farbiyūn)
- gall of the tamarisk
- Synonym: حَبّ الأَثْل (ḥabb al-ʔaṯl)
- Coordinate terms: كَزْمَازَج (kazmāzaj), عَفْص (ʕafṣ)
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَاكُوت; تَاكَوْت tākūt; tākawt |
التَّاكُوت; التَّاكَوْت at-tākūt; at-tākawt |
تَاكُوت; تَاكَوْت tākūt; tākawt |
| Nominative | تَاكُوتٌ; تَاكَوْتٌ tākūtun; tākawtun |
التَّاكُوتُ; التَّاكَوْتُ at-tākūtu; at-tākawtu |
تَاكُوتُ; تَاكَوْتُ tākūtu; tākawtu |
| Accusative | تَاكُوتًا; تَاكَوْتًا tākūtan; tākawtan |
التَّاكُوتَ; التَّاكَوْتَ at-tākūta; at-tākawta |
تَاكُوتَ; تَاكَوْتَ tākūta; tākawta |
| Genitive | تَاكُوتٍ; تَاكَوْتٍ tākūtin; tākawtin |
التَّاكُوتِ; التَّاكَوْتِ at-tākūti; at-tākawti |
تَاكُوتِ; تَاكَوْتِ tākūti; tākawti |
Further reading
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “تاكوت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139b
- Jacques-Meunié, Djinn (1951) “Sur le cult des saints et les fêtes rituelles dans le Moyen Dra et la région de Tazarine”, in Hespéris. Archives berbères et bulletin de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Marocaines (in French), volume 38, Paris: Librairie Larose, pages 368 from 365–380
- Meouak, Mohamed (2015) La langue berbère au Maghreb médiéval: Textes, contextes, analyses (Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib; 8) (in French), Leiden: Brill, published 2015, →ISBN, pages 171–172
- “Tamarisk gall”, in CAMEO: Conservation & Art Materials Encyclopedia Online, 2013
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