drif ضريف
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“drif” (ضريف) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning kind, nice.
Meanings
- kind, nice
- gentle, calm
- cute, pleasant
Usage
Drif describes a person who is kind, nice and gentle in temperament. It is a very common compliment, and it also applies to animals and sometimes to pleasant or cute things. The feminine is drifa and the plural is drafa. The diminutive form drayef, often written driyef, is very frequent: it adds an affectionate nuance, like "so sweet, cute". It is often used in the exclamation wa drif!, "how kind he is!". The usual opposite is qbi7, "nasty, unpleasant".
Example
هاد لكلب ضريف
had lkelb Driyef
“This dog is nice.”
Forms
| feminine | driefa |
|---|---|
| plural | driefin |
| feminine plural | driefat |
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 “drif” but also “driyef”, “drayef”, “dryef”, “drief” and “drayaf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “drif” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “kind, friendly, pleasant”; “cute, charming”: drif in Algerian.