fa9 فاق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fa9” (فاق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to wake up.
Meanings
- to wake up
- to realize, catch on
- to come to one's senses
Usage
Faq means "to wake up". The imperfect is kayfiq, the imperative is fiq, and the verbal noun is fiq. The verb is intransitive. To "wake someone up", use the form fiyyeq: fiyyeqni, "wake me up". With the preposition b, faq b means "to realize something" or "to see through someone": faq bih, "he caught him out". Figuratively, faq also means "to open one's eyes", that is, to stop being naive, as in fiq men rasek. In Latin-letter spellings, q is often written 9.
Example
صافي راه فاق
safi rah fa9
“That's it, he's woken up.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfi9 | f9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfi9 | f9ti | fi9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katfi9i | f9ti | fi9i |
| howa (he) | kayfi9 | fa9 | |
| hiya (she) | katfi9 | fa9t | |
| 7na (we) | kanfi9o | f9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfi9o | f9to | fi9o |
| homa (they) | kayfi9o | fa9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fa9” but also “faq”, “fe9” and “faa9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “fa9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to wake up”; “to realize, catch on”: faq in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to wake up, come out of sleep”; “to realize, notice (with b-)”: fa9 in Tunisian.