bsit بسيط
Algerian Darja · adjective
“bsit” (بسيط) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning simple, easy.
Meanings
- simple, easy
- modest, humble (person)
- of modest means
Usage
Bsit describes something uncomplicated or unpretentious: a dish, a job, an idea. Applied to a person, it is complimentary and means "humble, unpretentious": wahed bsit, a simple person. In ech-cha3b el bsit, "the common people", it refers to people of modest means. The feminine is bsita, the plural bsat. The expression haja bsita, "a small thing", is also used to play down a gift or a favor. In everyday use, the word does not have the pejorative sense of "simple-minded".
Example
دار عرس بسيط مع العايلة برك.
dar 3ers bsit m3a la3ayla berk.
“He had a simple wedding, just with the family.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bsit” but also “bassit”, “basit”, “bsita” and “besit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bsit” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “simple, easy”; “modest, humble”: bsit in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “simple, uncomplicated”; “modest, humble”: bsit in Tunisian.