3alej عالج
Moroccan Darija · verb
“3alej” (عالج) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to treat, cure (an illness).
Meanings
- to treat, cure (an illness)
- to deal with (a problem)
- to process (data, a file)
Usage
3alej means above all "to treat", whether a patient or an illness: "3alej rasek" (get yourself treated), "tbib 3alejni" (the doctor treated me). The present is "ki3alej". The meaning extends to dealing with a problem or situation: "khass n3aljou had lmouchkil". It also extends to processing a file or data, in a more administrative register. The corresponding noun is "l3ilaj", the treatment. The passive "t3alej" means "to get treated".
Example
كون غير قدرت ن عالج أمراضي
koun ghir 9dert n 3alj amradi
“If only I could have treated my illnesses.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan3aalj | 3aaljt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat3aalj | 3aaljti | 3aalj |
| nti (you, f.) | kat3aalji | 3aaljti | 3aalji |
| howa (he) | kay3aalj | 3aalj | |
| hiya (she) | kat3aalj | 3aaljat | |
| 7na (we) | kan3aaljo | 3aaljna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat3aaljo | 3aaljto | 3aaljo |
| homa (they) | kay3aaljo | 3aaljo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3alej” but also “3alj”, “3aalej”, “3aalj” and “aalej”. 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.