sakhif سخيف
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“sakhif” (سخيف) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning silly, lame, worthless.
Meanings
- silly, lame, worthless
- tiresome, annoying (person)
- bland, tasteless
Usage
Sakhif describes what one judges lame, silly or pointless: a film, a joke, a show. Applied to a person, it means "heavy", "tiresome": someone whose humour falls flat or whose behaviour is irritating. The feminine is "sakhifa" and the plural "sokhfa" or "sakhfin". The derived verb "ysakhef" means "to annoy" or "to be pitiful in one's foolishness". The word also exists in Standard Arabic, but it is very common in spoken Tunisian, especially in comments about television. The tone is scornful without being rude.
Example
المسلسل هذا سخيف برشا.
el mosalsel hedha sakhif barcha.
“This series is really lame.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sakhif” but also “s5if”, “sa5if” and “skhif”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.