lkher لخر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“lkher” (لخر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning last (in order or ranking).
Meanings
- last (in order or ranking)
- final, ultimate
Usage
Lkher, with the article built in, means "the last". It usually comes after the noun: nhar lkher "the last day", tar7 lkher "the last stage". Used alone, it refers to a person or thing: ana lkher "I am the last". The phrase f lkher means "at the end, finally". The spellings with a doubled consonant (llekher, llekhkher) reflect the article assimilating in emphatic pronunciation. The usual feminine is lakhra. Do not confuse it with lakhor "the other", whose plural is lkhrin.
Example
جيت أنا لخر فسباق
jit ana l5er fsiba9
“I came last in the race.”
Forms
| feminine | llekhra |
|---|---|
| plural | llekhrin |
| feminine plural | llekhrat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lkher” but also “l5er”, “lekher”, “llekher” and “lakher”. 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.
Type “lkher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “last”; “the end”: lekhher in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “the end, last”; “the other”: lekher in Tunisian.