m9assem مقسم
Algerian Darja · adjective
“m9assem” (مقسم) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning divided, split into shares.
Meanings
- divided, split into shares
- shared out, distributed
Usage
M9assem is the passive participle of the verb 9essem, "to divide, share". It describes what is cut into pieces or shared among several people: a cake, an inheritance, a territory. It appears in expressions such as "m9assem 3la zouj", "divided in two". The feminine is m9assma. The source also gives the meaning "lucky", perhaps linked to the idea of a share assigned by fate, but this use is not confirmed. The register is common.
Example
الورث مقسم على الخاوة كامل.
lwert m9assem 3la lkhawa kamel.
“The inheritance is divided among all the brothers.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m9assem” but also “m9asem”, “mqassem”, “mgassem” and “m9asm”. 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.