steff ستف
Moroccan Darija · verb
“steff” (ستف) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to tidy, put in order.
Meanings
- to tidy, put in order
- to stack, line up neatly
Usage
Steff means to arrange things in an orderly way, lining them up or stacking them: books, folded clothes, goods on shelves, chairs. The word is very common in domestic life and in trade. It takes the object directly: "steff l-7wayej" (tidy up the things). The adjective mstteff means "tidy, orderly". The nuance matters: steff stresses neat arrangement. For "tidying" in the sense of putting back in place or cleaning the house, people rather say jme3 or ne77i, depending on the context.
Example
ستف الكتوبة ب الترتيب
sttef lktouba b ttertib
“Arrange the books in order.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “steff” but also “sttef”, “setef”, “stef” and “settef”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.