tay9 تايق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tay9” (تايق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning confident, sure of oneself.
Meanings
- confident, sure of oneself
- believing, trusting in
Usage
Tay9 means "having confidence". It is almost always constructed with f-: tay9 fik, "I trust you"; tay9 f rasi, "I am sure of myself". It agrees in gender and number: tay9a in the feminine, tay9in in the plural. Used alone or in a question, it can also mean "to believe what someone says", for example wach tay9 fih?, "do you believe him?". The word is common in all registers. Pitfall for an English speaker: it is a participle used where English uses a verb ("I trust").
Example
أنا تايق فراسي
ana tay9 frasi
“I'm sure of myself.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tay9” but also “taye9”, “tayk”, “ta9” and “tayq”. 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.