Indulgences

1. Lgaṭu

   Cake, pastry

   Usage

   Sweet treat name, for pastry shops and gifts or when you are offered one. You will hear it in offers like "Ddem lgaṭu!" (help yourself to the cake)

   Grammar Note

   A loan from French gâteau.

2. Abiskwi

   Biscuit, cookie

   Usage

   Sweet treat name, for pastry shops and gifts or when you are offered one. For dry biscuits and cookies

   Grammar Note

   A loan from French biscuit. Another form is tagaṭut. It needs native review.

3. Ccikula

   Chocolate

   Usage

   Sweet treat name, for pastry shops and gifts or when you are offered one. For chocolate bars and chocolate sweets

   Grammar Note

   A loan from French chocolat.

4. Tiḥlawatin

   Sweets, candy

   Usage

   Sweet treat name, for pastry shops and gifts or when you are offered one. For sweets given to children.

   Grammar Note

   An Arabic-origin word used in the plural. The singular has few examples, so it is not given.

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