fekh فخ
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fekh” (فخ) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning trap (for animals).
Meanings
- trap (for animals)
- trap, ambush (figurative)
Usage
Fekh means a trap, both literally (a trap for birds or mice) and figuratively. The most common expressions are ṭaḥ f l-fekh, "to fall into the trap", and dar lih fekh, "to set a trap for him". The figurative sense is very frequent for talking about a trick or a scam. The plural is fkhakh. The word is in the everyday register and carries no particular connotation. In online spellings, the kh sound is often written with the digit 5: f5, fa55.
Example
طاح فالفخ بلا ما يحس.
ta7 f lfekh bla ma y7ess.
“He fell into the trap without realizing it.”
Forms
| plural | fkhakh |
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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 “fekh” but also “fakh”, “f5”, “fa55”, “fkh” and “f55”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “fekh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “trap (for animals)”; “trap, set-up (figurative)”: fa5 in Tunisian.