momti3 ممتع
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“momti3” (ممتع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning enjoyable, pleasant.
Meanings
- enjoyable, pleasant
- entertaining, fun
Usage
Momti3 describes an activity or a moment that one enjoys: a film, a match, a trip, an evening. The feminine is momti3a and the plural is momti3in. The word comes from Standard Arabic and keeps a slightly refined tone. In a more colloquial register, people say zwin, mzyan or, for fun, fih d-d7k. It is hardly applied to a person to say they are nice. The digit 3 writes the consonant ʿayn in arabizi.
Example
راه ممتع هاد الفيلم
rah momti3 had lfilm
“This film is entertaining.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “momti3” but also “mumti3”, “momte3” and “momti3a”. 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.