wathek واثق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“wathek” (واثق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning self-confident, assured.
Meanings
- self-confident, assured
- trusting someone
- certain, convinced
Usage
Wathek describes an assured person who has no doubts. The most common construction is "wathek min rouhou" (sure of himself), often in the negative: "mouch wathek min rouhou" (he lacks self-confidence). With the preposition "fi", it means to trust someone: "ana wathek fik" (I trust you). The word agrees in gender and number: wathka in the feminine, wathkin in the plural. It belongs to a neutral register and is used both in speech and in online comments. Wathek is also a male first name, which can cause confusion in writing.
Example
هو ديما واثق من روحو قدّام الناس.
howa dima wathek min rouhou 9oddem ennes.
“He's always self-confident in front of people.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wathek” but also “wethe9”, “wathe9” and “wethek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.