m3yor معيور
Moroccan Darija · noun
“m3yor” (معيور) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning insults, abuse.
Meanings
- insults, abuse
- foul language, exchange of insults
Usage
M3yor means insults in general, taken as a whole, rather than a single insult. It is found mainly in expressive phrases: chba3 fiya m3yor or chbe3ni m3yor, literally "he filled me up with insults", that is, "he showered me with abuse". One also says l-m3yor for coarse language in general, for example in messages exchanged during an argument. The word belongs to the everyday register and is not vulgar in itself, since it names the insult without uttering it. Pitfall: it is most often used as a collective noun with no indefinite article, where English uses a plural.
Example
شباع فيا معيور
chba3 fiya m3yor
“He showered me with insults.”
Forms
| plural | m3yorat |
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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 “m3yor” but also “m3your”, “me3your” and “m3yur”. 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.