sret صرط
Moroccan Darija · verb
“sret” (صرط) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning swallow in one gulp, gulp down.
Meanings
- swallow in one gulp, gulp down
- pocket, appropriate (figurative)
Usage
Sret means to swallow something in one go, without chewing: a medicine, a mouthful or, for an animal, a whole prey. The register is informal. You say sret l-kina ("he swallowed the tablet") or sret r-riq ("to swallow one's saliva"). Figuratively, the verb means to take money or someone else's property for oneself without giving it back, a bit like "to pocket". The present tense is formed like this: kaysret ("he swallows"). The word stresses the abrupt swallowing, whereas kla simply means "to eat".
Example
الحنش صرط الجرانة
l7ench SreT jrana
“The snake swallowed a frog.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanSrT | SrTt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katSrT | SrTti | SrT |
| nti (you, f.) | katSrTi | SrTti | SrTi |
| howa (he) | kaySrT | SrT | |
| hiya (she) | katSrT | SrTat | |
| 7na (we) | kanSrTo | SrTna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katSrTo | SrTto | SrTo |
| homa (they) | kaySrTo | SrTo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sret” but also “srat”, “sarat” and “srt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.