s9ef سقف
Moroccan Darija · noun
“s9ef” (سقف) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning ceiling.
Meanings
- ceiling
- roof
- upper limit, cap
Usage
S9ef refers to the top part of a room or building. It covers both the ceiling, seen from the inside, and the roof, seen as the structure that covers the house. Context tells them apart. For a roof terrace, stah is used instead. The plural is s9ouf. By extension, the word is used as in English for a numerical limit: "s9ef dyal l7risa" (spending ceiling). People commonly say "t7t s9ef wa7ed", "under the same roof".
Example
خاصني نبني سقف ديال دار دابا
5assni nbni s9ef dial dar daba
“I need to build the roof of the house now.”
Forms
| plural | s9ofa |
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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 “s9ef” but also “s9f”, “sa9f” and “saqf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “s9ef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “ceiling of a room”; “roof”: s9af in Tunisian.