9ate3 قاطع

Tunisian Derja · verb

“9ate3” (قاطع) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to boycott.

Meanings

1. to boycott
2. to cut ties, stop speaking

Usage

The verb 9ate3 means to refuse to take part in something or to refuse to buy a product: 9at3ou el intikhabet ("they boycotted the elections"), 9ate3 el mountouj ("boycott the product"). In private life, it means to cut ties with someone: 9at3ou ba3dhhom ("they no longer speak to each other"). The participle m9at3in describes two people who have fallen out. Do not confuse it with 9ta3 ("to cut"), which is also used for "to interrupt": 9ta3li el klem ("he cut me off"). The sense "to interrupt" is rare with 9ate3.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9ate3” but also “9ata3”, “qate3”, “kate3” and “9at3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “9ate3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to boycott a product, an event”; “to cut off someone, stop speaking to them”: 9ate3 in Moroccan.