tizit

See also: tížit

Kabyle

Alternative forms

• tiziţ, tizitt

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. By surface analysis, izi +‎ t- -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tizit/

Noun

tizit f (plural tizatin)

1. gnat, mosquito

Inflection

Inflection of tizit

	singular	plural
free state	tizit	tizatin
annexed state	tizit	tizatin

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Tarifit

Etymology

From izi (“fly”) +‎ t- -t.

Noun

tizit f (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵉⵣⵉⵜ)

1. mosquito
2. gnat