mkemmel مكمّل
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mkemmel” (مكمّل) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning complete, all present, whole.
Meanings
- complete, all present, whole
- having finished
- complementary
Usage
Mkemmel is the participle of the verb kemmel, "to finish, to complete". Its first meaning is "complete, all present": jaw mkemmlin, "they all came". As an active participle it can also mean "having finished": ana mkemmel l-khedma, "I have finished the work". With rah, it can indicate that someone is carrying on with an action. The sense "complementary" belongs more to standard Arabic mukammil, used in a formal or administrative register. The feminine is mkemmla and the plural mkemmlin.
Example
الفريق جا مكمّل
lfri9 ja mkemmel
“The team came in full.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mkemmel” but also “mkamel”, “mkmel”, “mkammal” and “mokmmil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mkemmel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “having finished, done with”; “complete, whole”: mkammel in Tunisian.