mkarfas مكرفص
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mkarfas” (مكرفص) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning crumpled, creased, wrinkled.
Meanings
- crumpled, creased, wrinkled
- bent, misshapen
- sloppy, badly done (figurative)
Usage
Mkarfas describes something crumpled or creased: an unironed garment, a sheet of paper balled up, a damaged banknote. It also applies to a bent or dented object. Figuratively and informally, it describes sloppy work or a poor-quality result: an mkarfas video edit is badly done and disjointed. The corresponding verb is karfas (to crumple, to crease). The feminine is mkarfsa. The register is informal; it is heard as much for clothes as for judging, with a touch of mockery, someone's work.
Example
قميجتك مكرفصة، روح كويها.
qmijtek mkarfsa, rouh kwiha.
“Your shirt is all crumpled, go iron it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mkarfas” but also “mkerfes”, “mkarfes” and “mkarfess”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.