mlas9 ملاسق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mlas9” (ملاسق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning stuck to, adjacent.
Meanings
- stuck to, adjacent
- always sticking around someone
Usage
Mlas9 comes from the verb lsse9 (to stick) and means "stuck against" or "adjoining". It is used for houses, rooms or objects placed side by side: "ddar mlas9a m3a jjame3" (the house is right next to the mosque). It is used with m3a or l. Applied to a person, it describes someone who always stays next to another, sometimes with an annoyed nuance. The feminine is mlas9a and the plural mlas9in. Darija writes it with an s, whereas Standard Arabic writes the same word with an emphatic ṣ.
Example
الدار ديالنا ملاسقة مع الجامع
ddar dyalna mlas9a m3a jjame3
“Our house is right next to the mosque.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mlas9” but also “mlass9”, “mlase9” and “mlasq”. 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.