lor لور
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“lor” (لور) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning back, backwards.
Meanings
- back, backwards
- behind, from behind (mn lor)
- lor lor: going downhill
Usage
Lor indicates the direction toward the back. It is used mainly with verbs of motion: "rje3 lor" (to step back, to go back), "chouf lor" (to look behind you). With the preposition mn, "mn lor" means "from behind" or "behind". The word is often pronounced with the article assimilated, hence the spellings llor or llour. Doubled, "lor lor" is used figuratively to say that a matter or situation is deteriorating: "lme7al ghadi lor lor". The opposite is l'goddam (forward).
Example
بلا ما ترجع لور.
bla ma trje3 lor.
“Without going back.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lor” but also “lour”, “llor”, “llour” and “lur”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lor” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “back, backwards, behind”; “behind, lagging”: lour in Algerian.