rkhis رخيص
Algerian Darja · adjective
“rkhis” (رخيص) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning cheap, inexpensive.
Meanings
- cheap, inexpensive
- low-quality
- contemptible (person)
Usage
Rkhis is the common adjective for a low price. It is the opposite of ghali (expensive). It agrees in gender and number: rkhisa in the feminine, rkhas in the plural. It is also used as an adverb in ybi3 rkhis (he sells cheap). A pejorative nuance exists, as with "cheap" in English: an rkhis object can be of poor quality. Applied to a person, the word becomes frankly contemptuous (low, undignified), so it should be used with caution. For a good deal, people rather say bel3ani or "a bargain".
Example
هاد الصباط رخيص بزاف
had sabbat rkhis bezzaf
“These shoes are really cheap.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rkhis” but also “rkhiss”, “r5is” and “rakhis”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “rkhis” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cheap, inexpensive”; “cheap, worthless (figurative)”: rkhis in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cheap, inexpensive”; “low-value, shoddy”: rkhis in Tunisian.