dekker دكّر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“dekker” (دكّر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to remind someone of something.
Meanings
- to remind someone of something
- to mention, invoke (dker)
- male (dker, noun)
Usage
Dekker, with the doubled consonant, means "to remind someone of something." The person is a suffix: dekkerni, "remind me." What is being recalled is introduced by b: dekkerni b lmaw3id, "remind me of the appointment." The simple form dker means "to mention" or "to invoke," as in dker llah, "invoking God," often said to ward off the evil eye. Without vowels, the same spelling can also be read dker, "male," for an animal or a boy. The d replaces the dh of Classical Arabic.
Example
دكّرني غدّا نشري الخبز
dekkerni ghedda nchri lkhobz
“Remind me tomorrow to buy bread.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kandkker | dkkert | |
| nta (you, m.) | katdkker | dkkerti | dkker |
| nti (you, f.) | katdkkri | dkkerti | dkkri |
| howa (he) | kaydkker | dkker | |
| hiya (she) | katdkker | dkkrat | |
| 7na (we) | kandkkro | dkkrna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katdkkro | dkkrto | dkkro |
| homa (they) | kaydkkro | dkkro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dekker” but also “dakker”, “dkker” and “dakar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.