9issa قصة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9issa” (قصة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning story, tale.
Meanings
- story, tale
- matter, situation
Usage
9issa means a story that is told, real or invented: a tale, an anecdote, the plot of a film. The word is also used for a matter or a situation: "chnou l9issa?" means "what's the story?", "what's going on?". You also say "hadi 9issa khra" for "that's another story". The verb for telling is 7ka or 9ssa 3la. Pitfall: pronounced 9oussa, with an o, the word means a fringe of hair. The plural is 9isas.
Example
قصة شيقة بزاف
9isa chayi9a bzaf
“It's a very interesting story.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9issa” but also “9isa”, “qissa” and “kissa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9issa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “story, tale”; “matter, situation, what's going on”: 9issa in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “story, tale, account”; “matter, situation”: 9essa in Tunisian.