ms2oul مسؤول
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ms2oul” (مسؤول) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning responsible (for actions, someone).
Meanings
- responsible (for actions, someone)
- in charge of
- official, person in charge
Usage
Ms2oul comes from Standard Arabic, but it is fully integrated into darija. It is constructed with 3la: ms2oul 3la rasek (responsible for yourself), ms2oul 3la lfamilia, ms2oul 3la charika (in charge of a company). Used as a noun, it refers to a person in charge or an official, often in the plural lms2oulin (the authorities, the leaders), especially when criticizing public management. The feminine is ms2oula. Latin spellings often use the digit 2 for the glottal stop, which many speakers hardly pronounce anyway (msoul). Neutral register.
Example
خاصك تكون مسؤول على راسك
khask tkon ms2ol 3la rask
“You have to be responsible for yourself.”
Forms
| feminine | ms2oula |
|---|---|
| plural | ms2oulin |
| feminine plural | ms2oulat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ms2oul” but also “mas2oul”, “ms2ol”, “mes2oul” and “mas2ol”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “ms2oul” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “responsible (for a thing, an act)”; “an official, a person in charge”: mas2oul in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “official, person in charge”; “responsible for one's actions”: mes2oul in Tunisian.