mesmar مسمار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mesmar” (مسمار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning nail.
Meanings
- nail
- clove (mesmar l-qronfel)
Usage
Mesmar means the nail you drive in with a hammer. Plural: msamer. You say "dqq l-mesmar" (drive the nail in). The word also appears in the expression mesmar l-qronfel, or simply qronfel, for a clove, by analogy of shape. Figuratively, you can call someone a mesmar to say they are clingy or never budge from a spot. Note: it is not a needle, which is ibra.
Example
دق هاد المسمار ف الحيط
deqq had l-mesmar f l-7it
“Hammer this nail into the wall.”
Forms
| plural | msamer |
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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 “mesmar” but also “msmar”, “masmar”, “mosmar” and “mismar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mesmar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “nail”; “stingy person, miser (figurative)”: masmar in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “nail”; “guaranteed steady income (figurative)”: mesmar in Tunisian.