mol l7out مول لحوت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mol l7out” (مول لحوت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning fishmonger, fish seller.
Meanings
- fishmonger, fish seller
- fisherman (depending on context)
Usage
Mol l7out means the person who sells fish: at the market, in a shop, or with a cart or moped that goes through the neighborhoods announcing his goods. L7out is a collective meaning "fish". To speak of the fisherman, b7ri or sayyad is used instead. The construction mol + product is very common for naming small trades. The plural is mwalin l7out.
Example
مول لحوت جاب السردين طري اليوم.
mol l7out jab sserdin tri lyoum.
“The fishmonger brought fresh sardines today.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mol l7out” but also “moul l7out”, “mol l7ut”, “moul lhout” and “mol lhout”. 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.