msatta7 مسطّح
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“msatta7” (مسطّح) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning flat, flattened.
Meanings
- flat, flattened
- stretched out flat
Usage
MsaTTa7 describes what is flat or flattened: a plot of land, a roof, a surface without relief. The feminine is msaTTa7a and the plural msaTTa7in. In conversation, it can also describe someone stretched out at full length, with a familiar nuance. This sense is close to the verb sTTa7, to flatten or spread out. For a flat tyre, other expressions are rather used. The pronunciation varies by region between msaTTa7 and mseTTe7. In arabizi, the capital T writes the emphatic t.
Example
هاد الأرض مسطّحة، مزيانة للبني
had lard msaTTa7a, mzyana lbni
“This land is flat, it's good for building.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msatta7” but also “mstt7”, “msetta7”, “msatte7” and “msette7”. 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.