sef صف
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sef” (صف) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning row, line.
Meanings
- row, line
- queue
- class (school)
Usage
The noun sff (or saf) means a row of people or objects. It is used in particular for prayer rows and for a queue. The plural is sfuf. For example: w9ef f sff ("get in line"). At school, the word can also mean the class or grade level. Beware of a pitfall in writing: online, "sf" is very often the abbreviation of safi ("OK, that's fine, agreed"), as in iwa sf. This sense has nothing to do with the noun sff.
Example
لقيت صف ديال المرضى قدامي
l9it sef dial lmarda 9edami
“I found a line of sick people in front of me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sef” but also “saf”, “sff” and “sf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “row, line”; “prayer row”: seff in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “waiting line, queue”; “row, rank”: sof in Tunisian.