mtfi مطفي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mtfi” (مطفي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning switched off (light, device, fire).
Meanings
- switched off (light, device, fire)
- matte (finish, photo)
- dull, listless (person)
Usage
Mtfi is the participle of tfa, "to switch off." It is used for a lamp, a phone, a television or an engine: e-dhaw mtfi (the light is off). In photography or for paint, it means a matte finish, as opposed to glossy. Said of a person, it means they are dull, listless or tired. The feminine is mtafya, the plural mtafyin. The register is informal and common.
Example
التليفون متاعو مطفي من الصباح.
e téléphone mte3ou mtfi mel sbe7.
“His phone has been off since this morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mtfi” but also “mtafi”, “mitfi” and “metfi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mtfi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “switched off, extinguished (light, device, fire)”; “listless, dull”: mtfi in Moroccan.