dyal lflous ديال لفلوس
Moroccan Darija · expression
“dyal lflous” (ديال لفلوس) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning of money, financial.
Meanings
- of money, financial
- money-related
Usage
"Dyal lflous" is a free construction, formed from dyal (of) and lflous (money). It serves as a common equivalent of the English adjectives "financial" or "monetary". It comes after the noun it qualifies: "mochkil dyal lflous" (a money problem), "mas2ala dyal lflous" (a question of money). It can also describe a person interested in money: "hadak gha dyal lflous", meaning "he only thinks about money". The register is neutral and familiar. In technical or journalistic speech, mali or naqdi, borrowed from Standard Arabic, are preferred.
Example
عندو مشكل ديال لفلوس
3ndo mochkil dyal lflous
“He has a money problem.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dyal lflous” but also “dial lflous”, “dyal lflouss” and “dyal lflus”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.