kamel كامل
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“kamel” (كامل) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning whole, all.
Meanings
- whole, all
- complete, finished
- entirely (kamlo, kamla)
Usage
Kamel is very common. It agrees in gender and number: kamla in the feminine, kamlin in the plural. Placed after the noun, it means "whole": "nhar kamel" (the whole day), "lbled kamla" (the whole country). With a pronoun, it expresses totality: "kamlin" (all of them), "jat kamla" (she came in full). The forms kamlo and kamla are used as adverbs meaning "entirely". The word also serves as a predicate meaning "complete": "dossi rah kamel". It is often close to koulchi, but kamel stresses that nothing is missing.
Example
درت للصح كامل
dert llSa9 kaml
“I put on all the glue.”
Forms
| feminine | kamla |
|---|---|
| plural | kamlin |
| feminine plural | kamlat |
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 “kamel” but also “kaml”, “kaaml”, “kamil” and “kamlo”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kamel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “whole, entire”; “all, completely”: kamel in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “whole, complete”; “all, the whole (before noun)”: kamel in Tunisian.