makafich ماكافيش
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“makafich” (ماكافيش) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning not sufficient, it's not enough.
Meanings
- not sufficient, it's not enough
- not enough (amount, money)
Usage
Makafich is the negative form of kafi (sufficient): "it is not enough". The word agrees: makafyach in the feminine, makafyinch in the plural. It is used for a quantity, money, time or effort: lflous makafyinch (the money isn't enough). It is very common in everyday speech. Kafi on its own means "enough", and is also used in the sense of "that's enough, stop". The negative form does not carry this imperative sense. It is often reinforced with rah or with bzzaf: makafich bzzaf (it's far from enough).
Example
راه ماكافيش هاد الما لي كايم
rah makafich had lma li kaym
“The water we have isn't enough.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “makafich” but also “makafish”, “makafiche” and “makafech”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.