bolisi بوليسي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bolisi” (بوليسي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning police officer, policeman.
Meanings
- police officer, policeman
Usage
The word bolisi refers to a single police officer, unlike bolis, which refers to the police in general. It is very common and neutral, the equivalent of "police officer" or, informally, "cop". The feminine is bolisiya, "policewoman", and the plural is also bolisiya. It is often used with chi for an unspecified officer (chi bolisi, "a police officer"). Keep this distinction in mind: bolisi for a person, lbolis for the institution.
Example
را تبعك بوليسي
ra tab3ek boulissi
“There's a policeman following you.”
Forms
| feminine | bolisia |
|---|---|
| plural | bolis |
| feminine plural | bolisyat |
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 “bolisi” but also “boulisi”, “bolissi” and “boulissi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.