rekkez ركّز
Moroccan Darija · verb
“rekkez” (ركّز) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to concentrate, to pay attention.
Meanings
- to concentrate, to pay attention
- to emphasize, to focus on
Usage
Rekkez (imperfect yrekkez) means to concentrate or to be attentive. The usual construction is rekkez 3la ("to concentrate on") or rekkez f ("to concentrate within a context"). In the imperative, rekkez! or rekkez m3aya! is addressed to someone distracted, often in an annoyed tone, for example from a parent or a teacher. The verb is also used to say that one puts the emphasis on something.
Example
ركز على أهدافك
rekez 3la ahdafek
“Focus on your goals.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanrkkz | rkkzt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katrkkz | rkkzti | rkkz |
| nti (you, f.) | katrkkzi | rkkzti | rkkzi |
| howa (he) | kayrkkz | rkkz | |
| hiya (she) | katrkkz | rkkzat | |
| 7na (we) | kanrkkzo | rkkzna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katrkkzo | rkkzto | rkkzo |
| homa (they) | kayrkkzo | rkkzo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rekkez” but also “rkkez”, “rakkaz”, “rkkz” and “rekez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rekkez” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “concentrate, pay attention”; “look closely, stare”: rakkez in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to concentrate, pay attention”; “to insist on, emphasize”: rakkez in Tunisian.