9asi قاسي

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“9asi” (قاسي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning harsh, severe, merciless.

Meanings

1. harsh, severe, merciless
2. hard, trying (situation)

Usage

Adjective; feminine 9asya, plural 9asyin. Used mainly of a person lacking tenderness or pity: a strict father, a hard heart (9elbo 9asi). It also applies to a hard life, winter or ordeal: dnya 9asya. It has a moral and emotional nuance, whereas 9as7 suggests physical hardness or endurance. The word belongs to ordinary speech, but also to songs and elevated language. It can be intensified with bzaf or kter mn l9yas, "more than reasonable".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9asi” but also “9aasi”, “qasi” and “kasi”. 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 “9asi” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “harsh, severe”; “cruel, merciless”: 9asi in Tunisian.