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)

1. spurge

   Synonym: فَرْبِيُون (farbiyūn)

2. gall of the tamarisk

   Synonym: حَبّ الأَثْل (ḥabb al-ʔaṯl)

   Coordinate terms: كَزْمَازَج (kazmāzaj), عَفْص (ʕafṣ)

Declension

Declension of noun تَاكُوت (tākūt)‎; تَاكَوْت (tākawt)

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

Descendants

• → French: tacahout
  • → English: tacahout

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “تاكوت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (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^[2] (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)‎^[3] (in French), Leiden: Brill, published 2015, →ISBN, pages 171–172
• “Tamarisk gall”, in CAMEO: Conservation & Art Materials Encyclopedia Online‎^[4], 2013