skout سكت
Tunisian Derja · verb
“skout” (سكت) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to be quiet.
Meanings
- to be quiet
- to stop talking, cease
Usage
The verb skat means to be quiet. Its imperative skout ("shut up") is very frequent and quite blunt: between close friends or family it can be affectionate or teasing, but addressed to a stranger it is downright rude. One also says skatt in the past ("I fell silent"). The expression chouf w skout ("look and keep quiet") invites someone to observe without commenting. To ask politely for silence, one prefers a roundabout phrase such as ayya barka or chwaya chwaya. The corresponding noun is skout ("silence").
Example
هههه شف واسكت
hhhhhhhhhhh chouf wskout
“Hahaha, watch and keep quiet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “skout” but also “skot”, “skat”, “sket” and “osket”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “skout” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to be quiet, keep silent”; “to stop (crying, shouting)”: sket in Moroccan.