mo3alli9 معلّق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mo3alli9” (معلّق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sports commentator.
Meanings
- sports commentator
- hung, hanging
- dependent on someone
Usage
Pronounced mo3alliq or mo3alli9, the word mainly means the commentator of a match on television or radio. It is borrowed from the Standard Arabic register and is widely used in football vocabulary. Pronounced m3elle9, it is the participle of the verb 3elle9 "to hang": "hung, hanging". It is also used figuratively, as in m3elle9 b..., "dependent on someone, in their care". Context and vocalization distinguish these meanings. In written arabizi, the two forms are often confused.
Example
المعلق ديال الماتش كان كيغوت بزاف
lmo3alli9 dyal lmatch kan kaygheyyet bzaf
“The match commentator was shouting a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo3alli9” but also “mo3lli9”, “m3elle9”, “mo3aliq” and “m3all9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “mo3alli9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sports commentator”; “hanging, suspended”: m3alleq in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sports commentator”; “hanging, suspended”: m3alleg in Tunisian.