ghlid غليض
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ghlid” (غليض) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning fat, heavyset.
Meanings
- fat, heavyset
- thick
Usage
Ghliḍ describes a heavyset person: rajel ghliḍ, "a fat man". It also describes a thick object: ktab ghliḍ, "a thick book", or a fabric, a blanket, a sauce. The feminine is ghliḍa, the plural ghlaḍ. Applied to a person, the word is blunt and can hurt. It is common among close friends and family, but other phrasings sound more polite. The opposite is rqiq, "thin, slim", or ḍʿif, "skinny". In arabizi, the emphatic ḍ is written d, D or dh.
Example
هاد الكتاب غليض بزاف
had lktab ghlid bzzaf
“This book is very thick.”
Forms
| feminine | ghliDa |
|---|---|
| plural | ghlaD |
| feminine plural | ghliDat |
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 “ghlid” but also “ghlidh”, “rlid” and “ghlide”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.