tăfukt

Tuareg

Etymology

Cognate with Kabyle tafukt, Tashelhit tafukt, Tachawit tafukt and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴼⵓⴽⵜ (tafukt).

Proper noun

tăfukt f

1. (Tamasheq) the sun
   • 2003, Tamasheq New Testament, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., Mark 13.24:

     Ḍarăt tisnant ta madăt-tăj dăɣ-išilan-win-dăɣ, ‹ad-əlsənăt tihay tăfukt, iba təməlle n-ewăr,

     But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;