m9soum مقسوم
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“m9soum” (مقسوم) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning divided, split.
Meanings
- divided, split
- destined, allotted by fate
Usage
M9soum is the passive participle of 9sem, "to share, to divide". It describes something that is cut or split up, for example m9soum 3la jouj, "divided in two". It is also used for a split opinion: nnas m9soumin, "people are divided". In a more fatalistic register, lli m9soum lik refers to what is destined for you, your share fixed by fate: lli m9soum lik ghadi ijik, "what is destined for you will come to you". It agrees in gender and number: m9souma in the feminine, m9soumin in the plural.
Example
الخبزة مقسومة على جوج
lkhobza m9souma 3la jouj
“The bread is cut in two.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m9soum” but also “me9soum”, “ma9soum”, “m9som” and “mqsoum”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “m9soum” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “divided, split up”; “split open, cracked in two”: ma9soum in Tunisian.