msdoud مسدود
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“msdoud” (مسدود) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning closed (door, shop).
Meanings
- closed (door, shop)
- blocked, clogged
Usage
Msdoud is the past participle of sedd, to close. It is the usual word for a closed door, window, shop or government office. The opposite is m7loul, open. It is also used for something blocked or obstructed: a stuffy nose (nifi msdoud), a clogged sink or a blocked road. Figuratively, it is applied to a situation with no way out or to someone closed-minded. The feminine is msdouda and the plural is msdoudin. The word belongs to the everyday register. Mghlou9 has a close meaning but is mostly said of what is locked.
Example
راه لقيتو مسدود.
rah l9itou mesdoud.
“I found it closed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msdoud” but also “mesdoud”, “msdod” and “masdoud”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “msdoud” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “blocked, clogged”; “closed, dead-end”: masdoud in Tunisian.