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): /tˁaː.ɣuːt/

Noun

طَاغُوت • (ṭāḡūt) m (plural طَوَاغِيت‎ (ṭawāḡīt) or طَوَاغٍ‎ (ṭawāḡin))

idol, juggernaut, kelpie, bellwether, taghut

Declension

Declension of noun طَاغُوت (ṭāḡūt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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

Atallah, Wahib (1970), “Ğibt et tāğūt dans le Coran”, in Arabica, volume 17, DOI:10.1163/157005870x00412, pages 69-82
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 48

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