skat سكات
Moroccan Darija · noun
“skat” (سكات) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning silence, quiet.
Meanings
- silence, quiet
- quiet! shut up!
- quietly, discreetly
Usage
Skat is the noun for silence, the absence of noise or speech: "kan skat", "it was quiet". Said on its own, it serves as a curt order to make someone be quiet, like "silence!". In that use it is quite abrupt, especially toward an adult. The imperative of the verb is sket or skot. The expression "ghir … w skat" means to do something without talking about it, discreetly. The word is close to skata, the pacifier, which is derived from it.
Example
عمرك جربتي ترتاح فالبحر و يكون سكات
3emrek jerebti terta7 flb7er ou ykoun skat
“Have you ever tried to relax at the beach when it's quiet?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “skat” but also “sskat”, “sukat”, “skaat” and “sekat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “skat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “silence”; “on the sly, quietly (min skat)”: skat in Tunisian.