manti9i منطقي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“manti9i” (منطقي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning logical, reasonable.
Meanings
- logical, reasonable
- coherent, makes sense
Usage
An adjective borrowed from Standard Arabic and well integrated into everyday speech, especially among educated people. It is often heard in phrases like had chi manTi9i, "that's logical", or machi manTi9i, "that makes no sense". The feminine is manTi9iya. In speech, many people also use the French word logique directly. The "territorial" sense given by some sources is not used in darija: for that, people say dial lmenTa9a, "of the region".
Example
داكشي اللي قلتي منطقي بزاف
dakchi lli 9elti manTi9i bzaf
“What you said is very logical.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “manti9i” but also “mnti9i”, “mantiki”, “mantii9i” and “mnta9i”. 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.