rfissa رفيسة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“rfissa” (رفيسة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning rfissa, chicken and msemmen dish.
Meanings
- rfissa, chicken and msemmen dish
Usage
Rfissa is a Moroccan family dish. Msemmen or trid is shredded, then covered with a chicken broth with onions, lentils and fenugreek (ḥelba), flavored with ras el hanout. It is traditionally served to a woman after childbirth, as well as at celebrations and family gatherings. It is often eaten by hand from a large shared dish. Free-range chicken (djaj beldi) is considered essential for a good rfissa. The word is feminine: had rfissa bnina "this rfissa is delicious".
Example
مانضنش غادي ناكل ديك رفيسة واحا بدجاج بالدي
mandench ghadi nakol dik rfissa wa5a bdjaj beldi
“I don't think I'm going to eat that rfissa, even with free-range chicken.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rfissa” but also “rfisa” and “erfissa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.