lfakit

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

  • lfakiyt, tafakit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic فاكية (fākya), from Arabic فَاكِهَة (fākiha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lfakit/

Noun

lfakit f (plural lfakyat, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴼⴰⴽⵉⵜ, Arabic spelling لفاكيت)

  1. fruit (fresh or dry)
    ايس وكان نلّا خ تڭزيرت انّ، آر ڭيس نشتّا لفاكيت (…)، س اخ د تضهر يات تڭمّي.
    is ukan nlla x tgzirt ann ar gis nštta lfakit (…), s ax d tḍhr yat tgmmi.
    while we were on this island eating fruit (…) a house appeared to us".

Derived terms

  • bu lfakit (“fruit seller”)

See also

  • agmmu (“walnut fruit”)
  • akal (“earth”)
  • amccu (“food”)
  • taddagt (“tree”)
  • tazgza (“vegetables”)

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 1334b
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