kayfre7 كايفرّح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“kayfre7” (كايفرّح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to please, make happy.
Meanings
- to please, make happy
- to be delightful, heartwarming
Usage
Kayferre7 is the imperfective, third person masculine form of the verb ferre7, "to make happy". It is used mostly to comment on pleasant news or a pleasant situation: hadchi kayferre7, "that's nice to hear". The feminine is katferre7. The verb can take a person as its object, as in kayferre7ni, "it makes me happy". It is not an adjective but a conjugated verb, which is often rendered by an adjectival phrase. It should not be confused with fre7, "to rejoice", which is intransitive.
Example
وه هادشي كايفرّح, و مبرّع بنسبة ل دار العجزة
Oh hadchi kayferre7, o mberre3 b nisba l dar l3ajaza
“Oh, that's nice to hear, and pretty classy for a retirement home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kayfre7” but also “kayferre7”, “kayfrre7”, “kayfarra7” and “kayfrr7”. 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.