mo7adad محدّد
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mo7adad” (محدّد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning specific, definite, fixed.
Meanings
- specific, definite, fixed
- particular
Usage
Mo7addad describes something that is fixed in advance or clearly delimited: a time, a date, an amount, a place. The most common phrases are we9t mo7addad (a specific time) and blassa mo7addada (a specific place). In the negative, machi mo7addad means "not fixed, undetermined". The word is fairly formal; it is often heard in administrative or professional settings. Do not confuse it with m7doud, which means "limited". The feminine is mo7addada. In everyday conversation, it is often replaced by m9addar or by a simpler phrasing.
Example
عندي وقت محدد باش نرجع للخدمة
3endi we9t mo7adad bach nrje3 l5edma
“I have a set time to go back to work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo7adad” but also “mo7ddad”, “m7addad”, “mohadad” and “mo7addad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.