mtfewweq متفوّق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mtfewweq” (متفوّق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning brilliant, excellent (student).
Meanings
- brilliant, excellent (student)
- superior, better than others
Usage
Mtfewweq is used mostly in school contexts, for a student who gets excellent results. People say tilmid mtfewweq or lmtfewwqin ("the top students, the prizewinners"). With the preposition 3la, it means "better than": mtfewweq 3la shabo ("he outdoes his classmates"). The word is complimentary. It suggests merit, without the idea of arrogance that "superior" can carry. In online writing, the q is often written 9. The feminine is mtfewwqa.
Example
ولدها متفوّق فالقراية
weldha mtfewweq f lqraya
“Her son is brilliant at school.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mtfewweq” but also “mtfowwe9”, “mtfaw9”, “mtfawe9” and “motafawi9”. 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.