mounef9 منافق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mounef9” (منافق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning hypocritical.
Meanings
- hypocritical
- two-faced person
Usage
Mounef9 describes a person who displays one thing while thinking or doing another. The word comes from religious vocabulary, but it is used very widely in everyday life. It is found in politics and in personal relationships. It works as an adjective (ra9el mounef9, "a hypocritical man") or as a noun (houwa mounef9, "he is a hypocrite"). The feminine is mounef9a and the plural mounef9in. The term is pejorative and fairly strong, but it is not a crude insult. The corresponding noun is nifé9 ("hypocrisy").
Example
ماني قلت اللي ال سلفيّة منافقين و تجّار بالدين !
mani kolet eli el selefya mounefi9in we tojjar beddin !
“I didn't say that the Salafists are hypocrites and merchants of religion!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mounef9” but also “monafe9”, “mounafi9”, “mnafe9” and “monef9”. 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.