kafi كافي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“kafi” (كافي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning sufficient, enough.
Meanings
- sufficient, enough
Usage
Kafi means "sufficient". It agrees in gender and number: kafya in the feminine, kafyin in the plural. It is used to say that an amount or a thing is enough: "lflous kafyin ?" (is the money enough?). "Ma kafich" means "it's not enough". The expression "kafi w zayd" means "more than enough". To say "that's enough, stop", people rather use safi or baraka. Watch out for a pitfall in writing: the Arabic spelling كافي is also used to transcribe the French "café" in the sense of "coffee shop". This is the case in "ana f café" (I'm at the café). Only context distinguishes the two words.
Example
هادشي كافي، ما تزيدش
hadchi kafi, ma tzidch
“That's enough, don't add any more.”
Forms
| feminine | kafia |
|---|---|
| plural | kafyin |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kafi” but also “kaafi”, “kafy”, “caf” and “cafe”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kafi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sufficient, enough”; “enough, that's enough”: kafi in Tunisian.