safi صافي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“safi” (صافي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning clear, limpid, pure.
Meanings
- clear, limpid, pure
- net (amount, salary)
- sincere, bearing no grudge
Usage
Safi first describes what is limpid or free of impurities: "ma safi" (clear water), "sma safya" (clear sky), "sout safi" (clear voice). In finance it means "net", as in "chhriya safya", the net salary. Applied to people, "galbou safi" means he has a pure heart and bears no grudge. The feminine is safya. In Tunisian, safi is rarely used to mean "enough" or "it's over"; people say yezzi or 5las instead.
Example
السما صافية اليوم، ما فماش سحاب.
essma safya lyoum, ma famech s7ab.
“The sky is clear today, there are no clouds.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “safi” but also “sefi”, “sèfi”, “saafi” and “safy”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “safi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “okay, that's it, fine”; “enough, that's enough”: safi in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “that's it, enough, done”; “okay, agreed”: safi in Algerian.