kay3yyef كايعيّف
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kay3yyef” (كايعيّف) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning is disgusting, gross.
Meanings
- is disgusting, gross
- sickens, wears out
Usage
Kay3yyef is the imperfective of 3yyef, "to disgust, sicken". On its own, it equals "it's disgusting": hadchi kay3yyef. With a pronoun, it means "to wear out" or "to sicken": 3yyeftini, "you've sickened me, you're wearing me out". It can refer to a smell, a food, but also to an attitude or an irritating person. The register is colloquial and fairly strong. The feminine is kat3yyef. The related verb t3yyef means "to have had enough, to be disgusted".
Example
هاد الريحة كاتعيّف
had rri7a kat3yyef
“This smell is disgusting.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kay3yyef” but also “kay3yyf”, “kay3ayef” and “kay3yef”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.