monafes منافس

Tunisian Derja · noun

“monafes” (منافس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning rival, competitor.

Meanings

1. rival, competitor
2. opposing (team, side)

Usage

Monafes refers to a rival or competitor: an opposing team, an artist who overshadows another, a competing company. It is used as a noun ("ma 3andouch monafes", he has no rival) or as an adjective ("fari9 monafes", rival team). The word comes from literary Arabic and keeps a slightly formal register. It is nonetheless very common in sports and online commentary. The feminine is monafsa, the plural monafsin.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “monafes” but also “monefes”, “mounafes” and “mnafes”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “monafes” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “competitor, rival”; “opponent (sport, competition)”: monafis in Moroccan.