yakrah كره
Tunisian Derja · verb
“yakrah” (كره) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to hate, detest.
Meanings
- to hate, detest
- to dislike
- to make someone hate (karrah)
Usage
Kreh ("nakrah", "yakrah") is the ordinary verb for hating someone or something. It is stronger than "ma n7ebbech" (I don't like). The object is attached directly or with a suffixed pronoun: "nakrahha" (I hate her), "yakrahni" (he hates me). The intensive form karrah means "to disgust, to turn someone against". It is very common with "fi": "karrahni fi l'9raya" (he put me off studying). The corresponding noun is "kordh" or "kreha" (hatred, aversion).
Example
ولا دخلت لها دارها من اصله اما نكرهها هكاكا بلاش سبب
wala dkaltelha darha men aslou ema nakraha hakeka blech sbeb
“I've never even set foot in her house, but I hate her just like that, for no reason.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “yakrah” but also “kreh”, “kreht” and “karrah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “yakrah” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to hate, detest”; “to dislike”: kreh in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to hate, detest”; “to be fed up, sick of”: kreh in Algerian.