mles ملس
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mles” (ملس) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning smooth.
Meanings
- smooth
- straight (hair)
Usage
The adjective mles means "smooth". It is used for a surface, skin or fabric without roughness, and very often for hair, where it is equivalent to "straight" or "sleek". It is then the opposite of curly or frizzy hair. The feminine is melsa, the plural melsin. It agrees with the noun: ch3erha mles, since ch3er is masculine. To say that skin is soft to the touch, you can also say rteb. The word is common and colloquial.
Example
سمرا وشعرها ملس
semra wch3erha mles
“She's a brunette and her hair is straight.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mles” but also “mless”, “mlas” and “mlees”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.