ra2y رأي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ra2y” (رأي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning opinion, view.
Meanings
- opinion, view
- idea, decision (changing one's mind)
Usage
Ra2y (often pronounced ray or rray) is used to ask for or give an opinion. The typical construction uses dyal: chnou ra2y dyalek?, "what do you think?", which is more common than the suffixed form ra2yek, which is more formal. Bddel ra2yo means "to change one's mind". The word is common in conversation as well as in the media. In everyday speech, the expressions f ra2yi or 3la 7sab ra2yi, "in my opinion", are also used. For a simple "I think that", people tend to say kandenn bli or ana kanchouf bli.
Example
شنو رأي ديالك؟
chnou rra2y dyalek?
“What's your opinion?”
Forms
| plural | aara2 |
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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 “ra2y” but also “ray”, “rra2y”, “ra2i” and “rai”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “ra2y” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “opinion, view”; “decision, choice”: ray in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “opinion, view”; “idea, suggestion”: ray in Tunisian.