be9i باقي

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“be9i” (باقي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning remaining; the rest (el be9i).

Meanings

1. remaining; the rest (el be9i)
2. still, yet (with negation)

Usage

Be9i means "remaining". With the article, el be9i means "the rest": el be9i 3lik, "the rest is up to you to do". The feminine is be9ya and the plural be9yin. The word also works as an adverb before a negated verb: be9i ma fhemtch, "I still haven't understood". It can also indicate what remains to be done or paid: be9i 3chra dinars. For an English speaker, the pitfall is the very frequent sense of "still, yet", which has nothing to do with the idea of a remainder.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “be9i” but also “ba9i”, “beqi”, “baqi” and “be9y”. 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 “be9i” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “still, yet”; “the rest, what remains”: ba9i in Algerian.