fakk فك

Tunisian Derja · verb

“fakk” (فك) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to untie, undo (a knot).

Meanings

1. to untie, undo (a knot)
2. to remove (a stain)
3. to snatch, take by force

Usage

Fakk means first of all to undo what is tied or fastened: "fakk el 3o9da" (undo the knot), which is also used figuratively for "to untangle a situation". It is also used for getting a stain out: "fakk el bo93a". In colloquial speech, it means to snatch or take something from someone by force: "fakkli telifouni" (he took my phone from me). The imperative fokk, in "fokk menni", means "let go of me" or "leave me alone". In the past tense, one says fakkit (I undid), fakk (he undid).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fakk” but also “fak”, “fok” and “fokk”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “fakk” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “untie, loosen, undo”; “break up a fight”: fekk in Moroccan.