tafaska

Tashelhit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pascha (“pascha / passover”), via African Romance, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Biblical Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tafaska/

Noun

tafaska f (plural tifaskiwin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴼⴰⵙⴽⴰ, Arabic spelling تافاسكا)

  1. Eid al-Adha
    Synonym: lɛid mqqurn
    مراو وسّان ا يغامان اي تفاسكا.
    mraw ussan a iġaman i tfaska.
    only ten days left until Eid al-Adha.
  2. sacrificial animal
    Synonym: tiɣrsi

Inflection

Inflection of tafaska
singular plural
free state tafaska tifaskiwin
construct state tfaska tifaskiwin

See also

  • biylmawn (“a folk festival”)
  • ilm (“skin”)
  • lislam (“Islam”)
  • lɛid (“feast”)
  • tamɣra (“wedding, banquet”)
  • tigga (“holiday,vacancy”)
  • tiɣrsi (“sacrificial animal”)
  • ɣrs (“to slaughter”)

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 2355a
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