nouss نص
Algerian Darja · noun
“nouss” (نص) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning half.
Meanings
- half
- half-, partly
Usage
Nouss is the common word for "half". It is placed before the noun without an article: nouss khobza ("half a baguette"), nouss sa3a ("half an hour"), nouss l7al9a ("half the episode"). The expression nouss nouss means "half-half", for a split or a mixed answer. Used before an adjective or a participle, nouss takes the sense of "half" or "partly": nouss mridh ("half sick"). The classical form nisf is found in writing, but rarely in conversation. When telling time, "and a half" is said w nouss: setta w nouss.
Example
عطيني نص خبزة
a3tini nouss khobza
“Give me half a baguette.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nouss” but also “nos”, “nass”, “nous” and “nus”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nouss” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “half”; “middle”: ness in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “half”; “middle”: noss in Tunisian.