mod7ik مضحك
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mod7ik” (مضحك) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning funny, comic.
Meanings
- funny, comic
- ridiculous, laughable
Usage
The word modhik means "funny" or "comic". It is understood everywhere, but it keeps a slightly refined tone, coming from Standard Arabic. In conversation, people more spontaneously say "kaydehhek" ("it makes you laugh") or "dahk" ("fun, amusing"). It is also used ironically in the sense of "ridiculous", as in "hadchi modhik" ("that's laughable"). The feminine is modhika. It is mostly heard in comments about films or videos.
Example
هاد الفيلم مضحك بزاف
had lfilm mod7ik bzzaf
“This film is very funny.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mod7ik” but also “modhik”, “mod7ek”, “mud7ik” and “mdhik”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “mod7ik” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “funny, amusing”; “comical, entertaining (of a person)”: mdahhek in Algerian.