طاغوت

Arabic

Etymology

Ordered at the root ط غ و (ṭ-ḡ-w) or ط غ ي (ṭ-ḡ-y) related to transgression and explained as a being “transgressing the law”. However it is considered a loanword:

• from Ge'ez ጣዖት (ṭaʿot, “idol”), from Hebrew טָעוּת (ṭaʿút, “error”)
• with Wahib Atallah from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”) as a personification of superstitious practices, while he sees جِبْت (jibt) used with طَاغُوت (ṭāḡūt) in hendiadys in Qurʾān 4:51 as reflecting Hijazi pronunciation of قِبْط‏ (qibṭ, “Egyptians”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.ɣuːt/

Noun

1. idol, juggernaut, kelpie, bellwether, taghut

Declension

Declension of noun طَاغُوت (ṭāḡūt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاغُوت ṭāḡūt	الطَّاغُوت aṭ-ṭāḡūt	طَاغُوت ṭāḡūt
Nominative	طَاغُوتٌ ṭāḡūtun	الطَّاغُوتُ aṭ-ṭāḡūtu	طَاغُوتُ ṭāḡūtu
Accusative	طَاغُوتًا ṭāḡūtan	الطَّاغُوتَ aṭ-ṭāḡūta	طَاغُوتَ ṭāḡūta
Genitive	طَاغُوتٍ ṭāḡūtin	الطَّاغُوتِ aṭ-ṭāḡūti	طَاغُوتِ ṭāḡūti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاغُوتَيْن ṭāḡūtayn	الطَّاغُوتَيْن aṭ-ṭāḡūtayn	طَاغُوتَيْ ṭāḡūtay
Nominative	طَاغُوتَانِ ṭāḡūtāni	الطَّاغُوتَانِ aṭ-ṭāḡūtāni	طَاغُوتَا ṭāḡūtā
Accusative	طَاغُوتَيْنِ ṭāḡūtayni	الطَّاغُوتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāḡūtayni	طَاغُوتَيْ ṭāḡūtay
Genitive	طَاغُوتَيْنِ ṭāḡūtayni	الطَّاغُوتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāḡūtayni	طَاغُوتَيْ ṭāḡūtay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوَاغِيت ṭawāḡīt	الطَّوَاغِيت aṭ-ṭawāḡīt	طَوَاغِيت ṭawāḡīt
Nominative	طَوَاغِيتُ ṭawāḡītu	الطَّوَاغِيتُ aṭ-ṭawāḡītu	طَوَاغِيتُ ṭawāḡītu
Accusative	طَوَاغِيتَ ṭawāḡīta	الطَّوَاغِيتَ aṭ-ṭawāḡīta	طَوَاغِيتَ ṭawāḡīta
Genitive	طَوَاغِيتَ ṭawāḡīta	الطَّوَاغِيتِ aṭ-ṭawāḡīti	طَوَاغِيتِ ṭawāḡīti

References

• Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 23
• Atallah, Wahib (1970) “Ğibt et tāğūt dans le Coran”, in Arabica, volume 17, →DOI, pages 69-82
• Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902) Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, page 55
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 35
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 48