fi9 فيق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fi9” (فيق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to wake up.
Meanings
- to wake up
- to be awake (fayeq)
- to realize, open one's eyes
Usage
Fiq is the imperative of the verb faq / yfiq, "to wake up": fiq bekri (wake up early). The participle fayeq means "awake": ana fayeq (I'm awake). To wake someone up, the causative form fiyyeq is used: fiyyeqni m3a sab3a (wake me up at seven). Figuratively, fiq or fiq m3a rasek means "open your eyes, wake up to reality", often in a reproachful tone. Don't be thrown by fiq written fi9 in arabizi: the 9 here stands for the q sound.
Example
غدا فيق بكري
ghda fi9 bkri
“Wake up early tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fi9” but also “fay9”, “fiq”, “fe9” and “fayeq”. 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.