ferge3 فرڭع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ferge3” (فرڭع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to pop, burst, blow up.
Meanings
- to pop, burst, blow up
- to burst, explode
- to ace, pull off brilliantly (informal)
Usage
Frg3 is mostly used transitively: to burst a ball, a tire, a bottle. It is also used for a sharp noise or an explosion. For the intransitive sense ("to burst by itself"), the form tfrg3 is often heard. In informal speech among young people, frg3 l-wr9a means "to ace the exam", and more broadly frg3 means "to succeed brilliantly". The preposition l- marks the person affected: frg3 lina l-kora ("he burst our ball").
Example
واحد خونا فرڭع لينا كورة بتونوبيل
wa7ed 5ouna frge3 lina kora btonobil
“A guy burst our ball with a car.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfrg3 | frg3t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfrg3 | frg3ti | frg3 |
| nti (you, f.) | katfrg3i | frg3ti | frg3i |
| howa (he) | kayfrg3 | frg3 | |
| hiya (she) | katfrg3 | frg3at | |
| 7na (we) | kanfrg3o | frg3na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfrg3o | frg3to | frg3o |
| homa (they) | kayfrg3o | frg3o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ferge3” but also “frg3”, “fergee3” and “frga3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.