mchghoul مشغول
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mchghoul” (مشغول) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning busy, occupied (person).
Meanings
- busy, occupied (person)
- occupied, engaged (line, toilet, seat)
- preoccupied, worried
Usage
Mchghoul is very common. It agrees in gender and number: mchghoula in the feminine, mchghoulin in the plural. It is placed directly after the subject, without a verb "to be": ana mchghoul, "I am busy". Often rah or raha is added: rah mchghoul, "he is busy". It is also used for a phone line, a toilet or a seat that is already taken. With the idea of worry, it is constructed with bal: balou mchghoul 3lik, "he is worried about you". To say "busy doing something", use mchghoul b + noun.
Example
واش مشغول غدا؟
wach mechghoul ghedda?
“Are you busy tomorrow?”
Forms
| feminine | mchghoula |
|---|---|
| plural | mchghoulin |
| feminine plural | mchghoulat |
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 “mchghoul” but also “mechghoul”, “mchghol”, “machghoul” and “mashghoul”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mchghoul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “busy (person)”; “engaged (phone line), taken (seat)”: mechghoul in Tunisian.