nsekh نسخ
Moroccan Darija · verb
“nsekh” (نسخ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to copy, make a copy.
Meanings
- to copy, make a copy
- to photocopy, print copies
- to transcribe a text
Usage
The verb nsekh (imperfect ynsekh) means to reproduce a document, a file or a text. In daily life it is heard mostly at the photocopier or the bookshop: "nsekh liya juj d lwerqat" (make me two copies). In computing it translates "copy" (nsekh w lsseq, copy-paste), although many people simply use the French word "copier". For cheating on an exam, nqel is used instead. The verbal noun is nskh. It is often used with li- to indicate who the copy is for. This verb is neutral and is used in all registers.
Example
نسخ ليا شي خمسة ديال لورقات ديال هادي
nse5 liya chi 5emssa dial lwer9at dial hadi
“Make me about five copies of this.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kannsekh | nsekht | |
| nta (you, m.) | katnsekh | nsekhti | nsekh |
| nti (you, f.) | katnskhi | nsekhti | nskhi |
| howa (he) | kaynsekh | nsekh | |
| hiya (she) | katnsekh | nskhat | |
| 7na (we) | kannskho | nskhna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katnskho | nskhto | nskho |
| homa (they) | kaynskho | nskho |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nsekh” but also “nse5”, “nskh” and “nsakh”. 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 “nsekh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “copies, duplicates (plural of nos5a)”; “to copy (verb nsa5)”: nousa5 in Tunisian.