w9ef وقف
Moroccan Darija · verb
“w9ef” (وقف) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to stop.
Meanings
- to stop
- to stand up
- to stop something
Usage
W9ef has two main meanings: "to stop" and "to stand up". Context decides. In a taxi you say "w9ef hna" for "stop here", and "w9ef !" for "get up!" or "stand up!". The doubled form w99ef is transitive: it means "to stop something or someone", for example "w99ef tomobil" (stop the car). It also means "to stand something up". The verb is also used figuratively for an activity that ceases: "l-khedma w9fat" (work has stopped).
Example
وقف هنا عفاك
w9f 8na 3afak
“Stop here, please.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanw9f | w9ft | |
| nta (you, m.) | katw9f | w9fti | w9f |
| nti (you, f.) | katw9fi | w9fti | w9fi |
| howa (he) | kayw9f | w9f | |
| hiya (she) | katw9f | w9fat | |
| 7na (we) | kanw9fo | w9fna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katw9fo | w9fto | w9fo |
| homa (they) | kayw9fo | w9fo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “w9ef” but also “w9f”, “w9af”, “wqef” and “w99ef”. 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.
Type “w9ef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to stop, to pull up”; “to stand, to stand up”: wgef in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to stand up, to get to one's feet”; “to stand, to be standing”: w9ef in Tunisian.