3atifi عاطفي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“3atifi” (عاطفي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning emotional, sentimental.
Meanings
- emotional, sentimental
- sensitive, emotional (person)
Usage
3aTifi agrees like an ordinary adjective: 3aTifiya in the feminine, 3aTifiyin in the plural. It describes a thing, for example "3ala9a 3aTifiya" (a romantic relationship) or "film 3aTifi" (a sentimental film). It also describes a person who reacts with the heart rather than with reason: "nta 3aTifi bzaf". Applied to someone, it can be slightly critical, in the sense of "too sensitive". In social media language, "Hala 3aTifiya" refers to a person's relationship status.
Example
هي عاطفية بزاف، كاتبكي على أي حاجة
hiya 3aTifiya bzaf, katbki 3la ay 7aja
“She's very sensitive, she cries over anything.”
Forms
| feminine | 3aaTifia |
|---|---|
| plural | 3aaTifiyin |
| feminine plural | 3aaTifiat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3atifi” but also “3aatifi”, “aatifi” and “3a6ifi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 6 is emphatic ta (ط).