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

   ايس وكان نلّا خ تچزيرت انّ، آر چيس نشتّا لفاكيت (…)، س اخ د تضهر يات تچمّي.

   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".

2. fruits (fresh or dry)

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