chakhsi شخصي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“chakhsi” (شخصي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning personal, private.
Meanings
- personal, private
Usage
The adjective chakhsi means "personal". It goes after the noun: su'al chakhsi (personal question), mochkil chakhsi (personal problem). The feminine is chakhsiya: 7aja chakhsiya (a personal matter). It is borrowed from Standard Arabic but common, notably to set a limit in conversation ("it's personal"). In colloquial speech, belonging is also expressed with dyali, "mine". In writing, the feminine chakhsiya is identical to the noun chakhsiya, "personality". Only context tells them apart.
Example
سونال شخصي هادا
soual chkhsi hada
“This is a personal question.”
Forms
| feminine | chkhSia |
|---|---|
| plural | chkhSiyin |
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 “chakhsi” but also “chkhsi”, “cha5si”, “chekhsi” and “chakhssi”. 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.