mta2ked متاكد
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mta2ked” (متاكد) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning sure, certain.
Meanings
- sure, certain
Usage
Mta2ked means "sure of something". The word agrees: mta2kda in the feminine and mta2kdin in the plural. It is used mainly with the presentative rak or rani. Rak mta2ked ? means "are you sure?", and rani mta2ked belli... translates as "I am sure that...". It is a form close to standard Arabic, but it is very common in speech as well as in online writing. Colloquial speech also uses sûr, borrowed from French, or phrases like ana 3aref, "I know". Be careful: mta2ked is used only for a person who is certain. It does not describe a thing as "safe" in the sense of not dangerous.
Example
راك متأكد بلي الباب مسكّر؟
rak mta2ked belli lbab msekker ?
“Are you sure the door is closed?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mta2ked” but also “mtaked”, “metaked”, “mt2akd” and “mta2kd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “mta2ked” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sure, certain”: mt2ekked in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sure, certain”: mt2aked in Tunisian.