wsef وصف
Tunisian Derja · verb
“wsef” (وصف) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to describe, depict.
Meanings
- to describe, depict
- description (noun wasf)
Usage
Wsef (imperfect youssef) means to describe someone or something: wsefli el dar (describe the house to me). The corresponding noun, wasf, means "description" and appears mainly in fixed phrases such as ma 3andouch wasf or ma fammech wasf, "it's indescribable", to express admiration or exasperation. The register is everyday, but slightly more formal in phrases of praise. Careful: wasfa, a word from the same family, means a doctor's prescription or a recipe. Do not confuse it either with wsel (to arrive), whose rapid pronunciation is close.
Example
وصفلي الطريق باش نوصل للدار.
wsefli ettrig bech nousel lel dar.
“Describe the way to me so that I can get home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsef” but also “wasf”, “wsof”, “wsaf” and “ouasf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wsef” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to describe”; “to give directions”: wsef in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to describe, depict”; “to give directions (a way, a place)”: wsef in Algerian.