ittisal اتصال
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ittisal” (اتصال) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning contact, ongoing relationship.
Meanings
- contact, ongoing relationship
- call, phone communication
Usage
Ittisal is a word from Standard Arabic, well integrated into darija but in a formal or semi-formal register. It appears mainly in the expression bqa 3la ittisal "to stay in touch" and in administrative or professional contexts: telecommunications, customer service, forms. In casual conversation, for a phone call, people more often say appel or use a phrase with the verb 3iyyet "to call". The word is masculine. In speech the initial i often drops, hence the pronunciation ttisal.
Example
هادشي كايعني بزاف ليا أننا نبقاو على اتصال
hadchi kay3ni bzaf lia annana nb9aw 3la 2ittisal
“It means a lot to me that we stay in touch.”
Forms
| plural | ttiSalat |
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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 “ittisal” but also “ttisal”, “itisal”, “2ittisal” and “ittissal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.