wgef وقف
Algerian Darja · verb
“wgef” (وقف) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to stop, to pull up.
Meanings
- to stop, to pull up
- to stand, to stand up
- to support someone (wqef m3a)
Usage
Depending on the region, the verb is pronounced wqef, wgef or wkef. The imperative is ogef or wqef, and the imperfect yoqef or yogef. Wqef can mean "to stop": wqef hna, "stop here". It can also be transitive and mean "to stop something", such as music. In the physical sense, it means "to stand up" or "to remain standing". To "get up" from a bed or a chair, noud is used more often. The construction wqef m3a means "to support someone, to stand by them". It is often heard in thanks: "choukran l'kol wahed wqef m3ana".
Example
وڨف هنا، الدار هاذي
wgef hna, eddar hadi
“Stop here, it's this house.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wgef” but also “wqef”, “w9ef” and “wkef”. 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 “wgef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to stop”; “to stand up”: w9ef in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to stand up, to get to one's feet”; “to stand, to be standing”: w9ef in Tunisian.