faq فاق
Algerian Darja · verb
“faq” (فاق) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to wake up.
Meanings
- to wake up
- to realize, catch on
- to notice, spot someone
Usage
Faq first means "to wake up": faqt bekri, "I woke up early". The imperfect is yfiq, the imperative fiq ("wake up!"). Figuratively, very commonly, faq means "to open one's eyes, finally understand": chkoun li faq kifi ? ("who noticed like me?"). With b, faq b means "to realize, spot": faq bik, "he caught you, he noticed you". To "wake someone up", the derived verb fiyyaq is used (fiyyaqni, "wake me up"). Informal and neutral register.
Example
فقت بكري اليوم باش نلحق الخدمة
faqt bekri lyoum bach nel7aq lekhedma
“I woke up early today to get to work on time.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “faq” but also “fa9”, “fak”, “fag” and “faqt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “faq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to wake up”; “to realize, catch on”: fa9 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to wake up, come out of sleep”; “to realize, notice (with b-)”: fa9 in Tunisian.