tla3 طلع
Algerian Darja · verb
“tla3” (طلع) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to go up, to climb.
Meanings
- to go up, to climb
- to rise (prices, morale)
- to turn out to be
Usage
Tla3 is the basic verb for "to go up": tla3 fe d-droj (go up the stairs), tla3 l-ʿassima (go up to the capital). It is also used for an increase: tla3 s-souma (the price went up), and in the very common expression tla3li l-moral (it lifted my spirits). Another frequent sense is "to turn out". Tla3 kdab means "he turned out to be a liar". The opposite is hbet or tah. The present is yatla3 and the imperative is atla3. Beware of the expression tla3li f rassi, which means "it annoyed me", and not "it came to mind".
Example
سمعت الخبر وطلعلي المورال
sma3t l-khbar w tla3li l-moral
“I heard the news and it lifted my spirits.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tla3” but also “tle3”, “tlaa” and “tala3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “tla3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to go up, climb”; “to turn out to be”: tla3 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to go up, climb”; “to turn out to be”: tla3 in Tunisian.