rfed رفض
Moroccan Darija · verb
“rfed” (رفض) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to refuse, decline.
Meanings
- to refuse, decline
- to reject a request or file
- refusal (as a noun)
Usage
Rfeḍ is the common verb for "to refuse". It is conjugated regularly: rfeḍt "I refused", kayrfeḍ "he refuses", ma-rfeḍš "he did not refuse". It is used for a person who says no (rfeḍ yji "he refused to come"), but also for an administration, a bank or a visa application: trfeḍ liya lmelf "my file was rejected". The object follows the verb directly, with no preposition. For a more informal refusal, you also hear bġa ma-bġaš or simply ma-bġaš. The word rafḍ, in the sense of "refusal", belongs rather to a formal or journalistic register.
Example
طلبت منو يعاوني ولكن رفض
tlebt mennou y3awni walakin rfeD
“I asked him to help me, but he refused.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanrfD | rfDt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katrfD | rfDti | rfD |
| nti (you, f.) | katrfDi | rfDti | rfDi |
| howa (he) | kayrfD | rfD | |
| hiya (she) | katrfD | rfDat | |
| 7na (we) | kanrfDo | rfDna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katrfDo | rfDto | rfDo |
| homa (they) | kayrfDo | rfDo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rfed” but also “rfad”, “rafd” and “rfd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rfed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to refuse, say no”; “to reject (request, application)”: rfed in Algerian.