rkik ركيك
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“rkik” (ركيك) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning dull, boring, uninteresting.
Meanings
- dull, boring, uninteresting
- lame, poor
Usage
Rkik colloquially describes what lacks flavour or interest: a day, an evening, a joke, a film. It is very common among young people, often paired with masset (bland, insipid): "masset w rkik". It can also target a person seen as uninteresting or tiresome. The Tunisian sense is broader than in Standard Arabic, where rakik means "weak, poorly written" (of style). The feminine is rkika. The intensive is formed with barcha: "rkik barcha".
Example
السهرية كانت ركيكة، روّحت بكري
essahriya kanet rkika, rawa7t bekri
“The evening was lame, I went home early.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rkik” but also “rakik”, “rkiik” and “rkika”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.