ghre9 غرق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ghre9” (غرق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to sink.
Meanings
- to sink
- to drown
- to be swamped (debts, problems)
Usage
Ghre9 is an intransitive verb: it means "to drown" for a person and "to sink" for a boat. It is conjugated normally, with kayghre9 in the present. Figuratively, it is used for someone who is overwhelmed: ghre9 f ddyoun, "he is drowning in debt", or ghre9 f lkhedma. To say "to drown someone" or "to flood", the causative form ghrre9 is used. Watch the pronunciation: the 9 stands for an emphatic q, and no long vowel is pronounced between gh and r.
Example
واحد البواخو غرق اليوم
wahd lbateau ghre9 lyouma
“A boat sank today.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanghr9 | ghr9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katghr9 | ghr9ti | ghr9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katghr9i | ghr9ti | ghr9i |
| howa (he) | kayghr9 | ghr9 | |
| hiya (she) | katghr9 | ghr9at | |
| 7na (we) | kanghr9o | ghr9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katghr9o | ghr9to | ghr9o |
| homa (they) | kayghr9o | ghr9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghre9” but also “ghr9”, “ghra9”, “ghreq” and “ghr9at”. 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 “ghre9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to drown”; “to sink (boat)”: ghre9 in Tunisian.