tafukt

Kabyle

Noun

tafukt f (construct state tfukt)

  1. sun
    Synonym: iṭij

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تاڢوكت (tafukt, “sun”), from Proto-Berber *taʔfukt (“sun, sunlight”)[1], compare Zenaga toʔfukt (“sun”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵛⵜ (tafuct, “sun”), Ghadames tōfet (“sun, sunlight”), Northern Saharan Berber tfuyt (“sun”), and Tuareg tăfukt (“sun”); likely derived from Proto-Berber *f-w (“to be bright, to shine”), compare Medieval Tashelhit توڢاوت (“light”), Northern Saharan Berber ifaw (“to be clear”), Siwi tafiyt (“morning”), Tashelhit faw (“to shine”), Tuareg tafawt (“illumination”) and Proto-Berber *asăf (“day”); ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *p-' (“to shine”), compare Wolaytta fo"-ouwa (“light”), Egyptian sšp (“to shine”), Akkadian (w)apû (“to be visible”), Fyer fuu (“to be beautiful”), and Zayse-Zergulla pò (“light”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafukt/

Noun

tafukt f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⵓⴽⵜ, Arabic spelling تافوكت)

  1. sun
    Smaqqlġ ġ tiṭṭ n tafukt klulaġ. ― I looked at the sun and was dazzled.

Inflection

Inflection of tafukt
singular plural
free state tafukt —
construct state tafukt —

Derived terms

  • ajjig n tafukt (“sunflower”)
  • atwant n tafukt (“sunset”)
  • aġllay n tafukt (“sunrise”)
  • aṭṭan n tafukt (“solar eclipse”)
  • tayyiti n tafukt (“sunstroke, insolation”)
  • tiṭṭ n tafukt (“solar disk”)

See also

  • akal (“earth”)
  • ayyur (“moon”)
  • itri (“star”)
  • tifawt (“light”)

References

  1. ^ Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University
  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2365b
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