glas ڭلاص
Moroccan Darija · noun
“glas” (ڭلاص) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning ice, ice cubes.
Meanings
- ice, ice cubes
- ice cream
Usage
Glas is an adapted loanword from French "glace". It refers first to ice, that is, frozen water or ice cubes, as in 7ett chi glas f l-kas, "put some ice in the glass". It is also understood as "ice cream", as in French, but context resolves the ambiguity. The word tlj, "snow, ice", is also still in use. The emphatic final, written S or ص, is typical of how French words are adapted. The word belongs to the everyday register and is not perceived as foreign.
Example
عطيني شي ڭلاص، الما سخون.
3tini chi glas, l-ma skhoun.
“Give me some ice, the water is hot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “glas” but also “glass”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.