wagf واڭف
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“wagf” (واڭف) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning standing, on one's feet.
Meanings
- standing, on one's feet
- stopped, motionless
Usage
Wagf is the participle of the verb wgef, "to stand up, to stop", pronounced with a g in much of Morocco. Elsewhere the variant wa9ef is heard. It describes someone who is standing or who stays planted without moving (b9a wagf, "he stayed standing"). It can also describe something that has stopped: a car, a machine, a job. The feminine is wagfa and the plural is wagfin. Repeated at the start of a sentence, wagef wagef is used to call someone's attention: "wait, stop".
Example
ماكنخلّصكش باش تبقا هي واڭف تمّا.
makankhllsekch bach tb9a hi wagf tmma.
“I don't pay you to just stand there.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wagf” but also “wagef”, “wa9ef”, “waguef” and “wakef”. 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.