3ilaj علاج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3ilaj” (علاج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning medical treatment, care.
Meanings
- medical treatment, care
- therapy
- remedy, solution
Usage
3ilaj means medical treatment or care. Typical phrases are dar 3ilaj, "to undergo treatment", and 3ilaj nafsi, "psychotherapy". The word comes from Standard Arabic and belongs to a somewhat more formal register. In casual conversation, people often say dwa ("medicine") instead, or kaytdawa, "he is getting treated". Figuratively, 3ilaj can mean "remedy" or "solution" to a problem: had lmochkil ma 3ndouch 3ilaj, "this problem has no solution".
Example
أيخصان نديرو علاج نفسي جماعي
aykhasan ndiro 3ilaj nfsi jama3i
“We should do group therapy.”
Forms
| plural | 3ilajat |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ilaj” but also “3laj”, “3ilaje”, “3elaj” and “ilaj”. 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 “3ilaj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “medical treatment, care”; “remedy, solution to a problem”: 3lej in Tunisian.