barek بارك
Moroccan Darija · verb
“barek” (بارك) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to congratulate someone.
Meanings
- to congratulate someone
- to bless
Usage
Barek, present tense ybarek, is used mainly in the construction barek l- followed by the person: barek lih means "congratulate him". This is what you do for a success, a wedding, a birth or a festival like Eid (barek liha l3id). The religious sense of "bless" appears in phrases like llah ybarek fik, "may God bless you", often said to thank someone. It should not be confused with baraka, which means "enough, that's enough", nor with mbrouk, which is the congratulation formula itself.
Example
أجي بارك ليا نجحت
aji baark lia nj7t
“Come congratulate me, I passed!”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanbaark | baarkt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katbaark | baarkti | baark |
| nti (you, f.) | katbaarki | baarkti | baarki |
| howa (he) | kaybaark | baark | |
| hiya (she) | katbaark | baarkat | |
| 7na (we) | kanbaarko | baarkna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katbaarko | baarkto | baarko |
| homa (they) | kaybaarko | baarko |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barek” but also “baarek”, “bark”, “baark” and “barak”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “barek” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to bless (mostly in formulas)”; “to congratulate”: barak in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to bless (God), in formulas”; “to congratulate someone”: barak in Tunisian.