saket ساكت
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“saket” (ساكت) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning silent, keeping quiet.
Meanings
- silent, keeping quiet
- calm, still
Usage
Saket is the active participle of the verb skat, "to be quiet". It describes someone who stays silent or does not react. It is often found after 9a3ed, in the sense of "to stay", to say that someone remains mute. The feminine is sakta and the plural saktin. The expression a7sanlou saket means "he would do better to keep quiet". Figuratively, a place or a watercourse is said to be calm, as in wed saket, "still waters". In the imperative, people say oskot, "shut up", which sounds rather curt. Saket describes a state, without that commanding quality.
Example
علاش قاعد ساكت؟ شبيك؟
3lech 9a3ed saket? chbik?
“Why are you sitting there silent? What's wrong with you?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “saket” but also “sakit” and “saaket”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.