How to say "enough" in Arabic
New wordMeaningenough
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كِفَايَة
kifāyaכפאיה
كفاية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מספיק
maspikمَاسْپِيك
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بَارَاكَا
bārākaבאראכאDarija's enough! is bārāka — or ṣāfi, that is it.
In a phrase
هَذَا كِفَايَة
hādhā kifāyaהד'א כפאיהThis is enough.