mfattech مفتش
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mfattech” (مفتش) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning inspector (police, administration).
Meanings
- inspector (police, administration)
- school inspector
- searching, rummaging
Usage
Mfattech refers to an inspector. In the police, it is a rank: mfattech chorta, "police inspector". In schools, the pedagogical inspector, much feared by teachers, is also called el mfattech. The plural is mfatchin. As a participle of the verb fattech, "to search, rummage", the same word also means "searching": ani mfattech 3al mfeta7, "I'm looking for the key". Context easily distinguishes these two uses.
Example
غدوة يجي المفتّش للقسم.
ghodwa yji el mfattech lel 9esm.
“Tomorrow the inspector is coming to the classroom.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mfattech” but also “mfatech”, “moufattich”, “mfatich” and “mofattech”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.