msmo7 مسموح
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“msmo7” (مسموح) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning allowed, permitted.
Meanings
- allowed, permitted
- tolerated, accepted by custom
Usage
Msmouḥ is the passive participle of the verb smeḥ, "to permit." It is used to say that something is authorized by a rule, an authority or religion. It agrees in gender and number: msmouḥa in the feminine, msmouḥin in the plural. With an action, it is followed by a conjugated verb, as in msmouḥ tgles hna. With a thing, the preposition b is used: msmouḥ bih. The usual opposite is mamsmouḥch, "forbidden," and mamnou3 on signs. In the question wach msmouḥ?, the word is equivalent to "are we allowed?"
Example
واش هادشي مسموح بيه؟
wach hadchi masmo7 bih?
“Is this allowed?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msmo7” but also “msmou7”, “masmo7”, “masmou7” and “msmoh”. 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.
Type “msmo7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “allowed, permitted”: mesmou7 in Tunisian.