m3e99ed معقّد
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“m3e99ed” (معقّد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning complicated, complex.
Meanings
- complicated, complex
- hung-up, uptight (person)
Usage
M3e99ed applies to something hard to understand or sort out: a matter, a problem, a procedure. The feminine is m3e99da and the plural is m3e99din. Said of a person, it takes a psychological sense, "full of complexes, hung-up" or "difficult to be around, uptight". It is often a critical remark, for example nta m3e99ed bzaf. The verb 3e99ed means "to complicate" or "to give complexes to". The usual opposite is sahel, "easy".
Example
هاد المسألة معقدة بزاف
had lmes2ala m3e99da bzaf
“This matter is very complicated.”
Forms
| feminine | m399da |
|---|---|
| plural | m399din |
| feminine plural | m399dat |
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 “m3e99ed” but also “m3a99ad”, “m399d”, “m3a99ed” and “m3aqqad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “m3e99ed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “complicated, complex”; “uptight, hung-up (person)”: m3a9ed in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hung-up, full of complexes”; “complicated, complex”: m3a9ed in Tunisian.