lkhrin لخرين

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“lkhrin” (لخرين) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning other (plural, after the noun).

Meanings

1. other (plural, after the noun)
2. the others (people)

Usage

Lkhrin is the plural of lakhor "the other" (masculine) and of lokhra (feminine). As an adjective, it follows the definite plural noun: s7abi lkhrin "my other friends", ssokkan lkhrin "the other inhabitants". On its own, it means "the others", referring to people or things already mentioned: ga3 lkhrin "all the others". The word does not change for gender. Note that this word is not used in an indefinite sense, like "some others". For "some others", chi wa7din khrin or an equivalent expression is used instead.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lkhrin” but also “l5rin”, “lokhrin” and “lekhrin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “lkhrin” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “the other (adjective)”; “the others (pronoun)”: lokhrin in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “the others (plural)”: lokhrin in Tunisian.