d7ek ضحك
Moroccan Darija · verb
“d7ek” (ضحك) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to laugh.
Meanings
- to laugh
- to mock someone (d7ek 3la)
- to trick someone (d7ek 3la)
Usage
D7ek is the common verb for "to laugh": d7ek in the past, kayd7ek in the present, d7ek! in the imperative. With the preposition 3la, it means "to make fun of" (kayd7ek 3liya, "he is making fun of me"). Depending on the context, it can also mean "to con someone" or "to dupe them" (d7ek 3lih, "he got him"). The causative d77ek means "to make laugh" (had lfilm kayd77ek, "this film is funny"). Watch out: d7ek 3la almost never means "to laugh with" someone. The idea is mocking or deceptive.
Example
ضحك بزاف ملي سمع النكتة
D7ek bzaf mlli sme3 nnokta
“He laughed a lot when he heard the joke.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanD7k | D7kt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katD7k | D7kti | D7k |
| nti (you, f.) | katD7ki | D7kti | D7ki |
| howa (he) | kayD7k | D7k | |
| hiya (she) | katD7k | D7kat | |
| 7na (we) | kanD7ko | D7kna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katD7ko | D7kto | D7ko |
| homa (they) | kayD7ko | D7ko |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “d7ek” but also “d7k”, “d7ak”, “dhek” and “da7k”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “d7ek” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to laugh”; “to mock (with 3la)”: dhak in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to laugh”; “laughter (noun)”: dh7ak in Tunisian.