d33ef ضعّف
Moroccan Darija · verb
“d33ef” (ضعّف) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to weaken, make weak.
Meanings
- to weaken, make weak
- to make thin, slim down
Usage
D33ef is the transitive form of d3af ("to grow weak, to lose weight"): you weaken someone or something. It is used for health, such as an illness or a diet that weakens, and figuratively for a position, a team or an argument. With a person as object, it often means "to make thin": lmrd d33fo, "the illness made him lose weight". The pitfall is mixing it up with d3af, which is intransitive: d3aft, "I lost weight", but d33fni, "it weakened me". It is conjugated regularly: kayd33ef in the present, d33ef in the past.
Example
هاد الدوا ضعّفني بزاف
had ddwa D33efni bzaf
“This medicine weakened me a lot.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanD33ef | D33eft | |
| nta (you, m.) | katD33ef | D33efti | D33ef |
| nti (you, f.) | katD33fi | D33efti | D33fi |
| howa (he) | kayD33ef | D33ef | |
| hiya (she) | katD33ef | D33fat | |
| 7na (we) | kanD33fo | D33fna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katD33fo | D33efto | D33fo |
| homa (they) | kayD33fo | D33fo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “d33ef” but also “da33ef”, “d3af” and “d33f”. 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.
Type “d33ef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to weaken”; “to make thin”: da33ef in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to lose weight, get thin”; “to weaken, grow weak”: dh3af in Tunisian.