kayde77ek كايضحّك
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kayde77ek” (كايضحّك) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning is funny, makes people laugh.
Meanings
- is funny, makes people laugh
- is ridiculous
Usage
Kayde77ek is the imperfective of De77ek, "to make laugh". Used alone, it is equivalent to "it's funny": hadchi kayde77ek. It must be distinguished from kayd7ek, with a single h, which means "he laughs". So kayd7ek 3liya means "he is laughing at me". Online, the two forms are often written the same way, which causes confusion. The tone can be ironic: rah kayde77ek, "it's ridiculous, it only makes him laugh". The feminine is katde77ek. The register is everyday.
Example
هاد الكلون كايضحّك
8ad l kloun kayDe77ek
“This clown is funny.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kayde77ek” but also “kayd77ek”, “kayda7ek”, “kayde7ek” and “kayd7ek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.