ghowwet غوّت
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ghowwet” (غوّت) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to shout, to scream.
Meanings
- to shout, to scream
- to yell at someone
- to call out to someone loudly
Usage
Ghowwet is the usual verb for "to shout". It is used alone (ma tghowwetch, "don't shout") or with 3la to mean "to shout at someone, to yell at them": ghowwet 3lih. Depending on context, it can also mean "to call someone by shouting", for example to make them come. The corresponding noun is tghwat, "shouts, racket". The register is informal and neutral. Note the doubled consonant: ghowwet, with a stressed w. The imperfect is kayghowwet.
Example
سير غوّت عليه
sir ghowwet 3lih
“Go yell at him.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanghwwt | ghwwtt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katghwwt | ghwwtti | ghwwt |
| nti (you, f.) | katghwwti | ghwwtti | ghwwti |
| howa (he) | kayghwwt | ghwwt | |
| hiya (she) | katghwwt | ghwwtat | |
| 7na (we) | kanghwwto | ghwwtna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katghwwto | ghwwtto | ghwwto |
| homa (they) | kayghwwto | ghwwto |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghowwet” but also “ghwwet”, “ghowet”, “ghawet” and “ghwwt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.