moral المورال
Algerian Darja · noun
“moral” (المورال) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning morale, state of mind.
Meanings
- morale, state of mind
Usage
A borrowing from French, fully integrated into darja and almost always used with the article: el-moral. It appears in a few fixed phrases: "tla3li el-moral" ("it lifted my spirits"), "hbet el-moral" or "habet 3lih el-moral" ("his morale is low"), "kesser el-moral" ("to demoralize"). It is often used to thank someone who makes you laugh or encourages you. Informal register, spoken and on social media. Pitfall: it refers to state of mind, not morality in the ethical sense. For morality, people rather say akhlaq.
Example
الفيديو تاعك طلّعلي المورال
el-video ta3ek tella3li el-moral
“Your video lifted my spirits.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “moral” but also “lmoral” and “morale”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.