lgha لغا
Moroccan Darija · verb
“lgha” (لغا) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to cancel.
Meanings
- to cancel
- to abolish, remove
Usage
Lgha (imperfect yelghi) means "to cancel". It is used for an appointment, a trip, a match, an order or an official decision. It often appears in the passive or in an impersonal form: tlgha lmatch or lghaw lmatch, "the match was cancelled". It can also mean "to abolish" a law or a measure. In casual speech, the borrowing annula or annuler is often heard instead, especially in administrative or professional contexts.
Example
لغاو الماتش ديال غدا
lghaw lmatch dyal ghedda
“They cancelled tomorrow's match.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanlghi | lghit | |
| nta (you, m.) | katlghi | lghiti | lghi |
| nti (you, f.) | katlghi | lghiti | lghi |
| howa (he) | kaylghi | lgha | |
| hiya (she) | katlghi | lghaat | |
| 7na (we) | kanlghiw | lghina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katlghiw | lghito | lghiw |
| homa (they) | kaylghiw | lghao |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lgha” but also “elgha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.