lasq لاصق
Algerian Darja · adjective
“lasq” (لاصق) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning stuck, glued to.
Meanings
- stuck, glued to
- clinging to someone
- high, stoned (slang)
Usage
Lasq is the participle of the verb lsaq, "to stick". It is said of what adheres to something, and above all, figuratively, of someone who won't leave you alone or stays attached to a place: lasq fiya (he's stuck to me), lasq f-le téléphone (glued to the phone). It agrees in gender and number: lasqa in the feminine, lasqin in the plural. In youth slang, it can also mean being under the influence of a drug, hence a possible ambiguity. So pay attention to context before using it.
Example
راهو لاصق فيا نهار كامل
rahou lasq fiya nhar kamel
“He's been stuck to me all day.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lasq” but also “las9”, “lase9”, “lasse9” and “lasek”. 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.
Type “lasq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “stuck, adhering”; “always glued to someone”: lase9 in Tunisian.