fer9 فرق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fer9” (فرق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning difference.
Meanings
- difference
- gap
Usage
Fer9 is the usual word for the difference between two things or two people. It is constructed with binat or bin: fer9 binathom (a difference between them). The expressions ma kayn hta fer9 (no difference) and fer9 kbir (a big difference) are very common. The q is often pronounced like a g or written 9 in arabizi. Beware of the verb from the same root, ferre9, with the doubled consonant. It means to distribute or to separate: ferre9 3lihom l-7lwa (hand out the sweets to them).
Example
ماكاين حتى فرق بيناتهم
makayn hta far9 binathom
“There is no difference between them.”
Forms
| plural | foro9 |
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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 “fer9” but also “far9”, “fr9”, “ferq” and “farq”. 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 “fer9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “difference”; “gap, distance”: far9 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “difference”; “gap, balance to pay”: far9 in Tunisian.