maw9if موقف
Moroccan Darija · noun
“maw9if” (موقف) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning situation, circumstance.
Meanings
- situation, circumstance
- position, stance
- attitude, behavior
Usage
Maw9if comes from standard Arabic and is commonly used in darija. It refers to a situation one has lived through, often a memorable one: "maw9if m7rij", an embarrassing situation. It also refers to the position one takes on an issue: "chnou howa maw9if dyalek ?", what is your position? The register is neutral to formal. It is heard a lot in the media and in serious discussions. The plural is mawa9if. Do not confuse it with mou9if, which in standard Arabic means a parking lot or a stop. For that meaning, Moroccans rather say "parking" or "blasa".
Example
شنو هو أكتر موقف محرج تحتيتي فيه؟
chnou hou aktar maw9if mou7rij t7etiti fih ?
“What is the most embarrassing situation you've ever found yourself in?”
Forms
| plural | mawa9if |
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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 “maw9if” but also “mow9if”, “mawqif”, “maw9ef”, “mou9if” and “mo9if”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “maw9if” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “difficult situation, predicament”; “position, stance”: mawqif in Algerian.