fouq فوق
Algerian Darja · preposition
“fouq” (فوق) is a preposition in Algerian Darja meaning on, above.
Meanings
- on, above
- up, upstairs
- more than, beyond
Usage
Fouq means "on" or "above". The pronunciation varies by region: fouq, fog, foug. The word is used before a noun (fouq tabla, on the table) or with a suffixed pronoun (fouqou, above him). Alone, as an adverb, it means "up" or "upstairs": tla3 l fouq (go up). It can also express exceeding a quantity: fouq l3achra (more than ten). Its opposite is taht (under). The word is common in all registers and is not formal.
Example
حطها فوق الطابلة
hottha fouq tabla
“Put it on the table.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fouq” but also “fog”, “fouk”, “fou9” and “foug”. 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 “fouq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “on, above”; “up, upstairs”: fo9 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “on, above”; “up, upstairs (el fou9)”: fou9 in Tunisian.