mnach مناش

Moroccan Darija · expression

“mnach” (مناش) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning reason to, anything to.

Meanings

1. reason to, anything to
2. from what? (interrogative)

Usage

Mnach is the contraction of men ("from") and ach ("what"). It is mainly used in negative sentences of the type "ma3ndek mnach + verb" or "makaynch mnach + verb", meaning "you have no reason to...", "there is nothing to...". The verb that follows is in the imperfect, with no particle: "ma3ndek mnach tkhaf" (you have nothing to fear). It also works as an interrogative: "mnach dayra?" (what is it made from?). Colloquial and common register.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mnach” but also “menach” and “mnnach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “mnach” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “we are not”; “we are not (somewhere)”: mnach in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “we are not”; “of what, out of what (mnech)”: manech in Tunisian.