rfed رفض

Algerian Darja · verb

“rfed” (رفض) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to refuse, say no.

Meanings

1. to refuse, say no
2. to reject (request, application)
3. refusal, rejection

Usage

Rfed means to refuse or to reject. It is conjugated like a regular verb: rfedt (I refused), yerfed (he refuses). It is used for a person who says no ("babaha rfed", her father refused) as well as for an administration (visa, application). The corresponding noun, "rafd", is used mostly in administrative language. In casual speech, refusal is often expressed with "ma bghach" or "ma hebch" (he didn't want to), which sound more natural than rfed in small everyday situations. Rfed keeps a firmer, even official, nuance.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rfed” but also “rfad”, “rfadh”, “rfod” and “refed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “rfed” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to refuse, decline”; “to reject a request or file”: rfed in Moroccan.