fare9 فارق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fare9” (فارق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning gap, margin (of points).
Meanings
- gap, margin (of points)
- making a difference, mattering
Usage
The word fare9 means "gap" or "difference". It is found mainly in sports vocabulary: rbe7 b fare9 hadaf, "he won by a one-goal margin", or fare9 en-n9at, "the points gap". In everyday life, far9 is more usual for a difference between two things. Used as a participle, fare9 can also mean "that counts" or "that makes a difference". The negative form mech fare9 means "it makes no difference" or "I don't count". Context decides between these senses.
Example
الترجي ربح بفارق هدف
et-tara9i rba7 b fare9 hadaf
“Espérance won by a one-goal margin.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fare9” but also “far9”, “fere9”, “fareq” and “farek”. 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.