khffed خفّض
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khffed” (خفّض) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to lower, reduce.
Meanings
- to lower, reduce
- to cut (a price, a rate)
Usage
The verb khffeḍ means to lower or reduce a quantity, a price or a level. It is used mainly for prices, rates and taxes (khffeḍ f taman), and is common in the media and in economic discussions. In everyday speech, naqqes is often preferred for "to reduce", and habbeṭ or naqqes for turning down the sound or volume. The construction takes either a direct object or the preposition f (khffḍu f l-asʿar). The conjugation is regular: khffeḍt, kaykhffeḍ, khffeḍ!
Example
الحكومة خفّضات فالثمن ديال الدوا
l7oukouma khffḍat f taman dyal ddwa
“The government lowered the price of medicines.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhffeD | khffeDt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkhffeD | khffeDti | khffeD |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhffDi | khffeDti | khffDi |
| howa (he) | kaykhffeD | khffeD | |
| hiya (she) | katkhffeD | khffDat | |
| 7na (we) | kankhffDo | khffDna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhffDo | khffeDto | khffDo |
| homa (they) | kaykhffDo | khffDo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khffed” but also “khffad”, “5ffed” and “khaffad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.