frech فرش
Moroccan Darija · verb
“frech” (فرش) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning spread out (rug, mattress).
Meanings
- spread out (rug, mattress)
- expose, lay bare someone
Usage
Frech has the basic meaning "to spread out": a rug, a mattress, a blanket, or laundry on the terrace. The noun ferrach (bed, bedding) belongs to the same family. In colloquial language, frech is used figuratively for "to reveal" or "to expose": to reveal someone's secrets, to lay them bare in public. In that case one often says "frech lih" or "frech l'affaire". Context decides the meaning. The figurative sense is common on social media.
Example
فرش الزربية فالصالون
frech zerbia f salon
“Spread the rug out in the living room.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfrch | frcht | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfrch | frchti | frch |
| nti (you, f.) | katfrchi | frchti | frchi |
| howa (he) | kayfrch | frch | |
| hiya (she) | katfrch | frchat | |
| 7na (we) | kanfrcho | frchna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfrcho | frchto | frcho |
| homa (they) | kayfrcho | frcho |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “frech” but also “frch”, “frach”, “fresh” and “farrach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “frech” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “bed (furniture)”; “mattress, bedding”: farch in Tunisian.