tagut

Tashelhit

تاڭوت

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit تَكُتْ (tagut, “clouds”), from Proto-Berber.

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⴳⵯⵓⵜⵜ (tagʷutt, “fog”), Tarifit tayyut (“fog, mist”), and Senhaja de Srair ṯaggʷuṯ, ṯawweṯ (“fog”), Tachawit ayu (“fog”), Kabyle agu (“fog”), Chenoua hawt (“fog”), and Nefusa تاڭوت (tagut, “fog, mist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡut/

Noun

tagut f (plural tagutin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⵓⵜ, Arabic spelling تاڭوت)

1. fog

   ايڭنّا يخبا س تاڭوت. ― ignna ixba s tagut. ― the sky is covered with the fog.

2. west, setting sun. sunset

   لبابور تسنال س تاڭوت. ― lbabbur tsnal i tagut. ― the ship heads towards the sunset

3. clouds

Inflection

Inflection of tagut

	singular	plural
free state	tagut	tagutin
annexed state	tagut	tagutin

See also

• akal (“earth”)
• amdlu (“cloud”)
• ignna (“sky”)
• ljnnt (“heaven”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2393b

Veps

Etymology

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Postposition

tagut

1. due to, because of
2. as a consequence of
3. for, in response to, in return for

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вследствие, за, из, по”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika