mtelle9 مطلق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mtelle9” (مطلق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning divorced.
Meanings
- divorced
- absolute (formal register)
Usage
This word has two pronunciations, and each corresponds to one meaning. Pronounced mtelle9, it is the participle of tlle9 (to divorce, to repudiate) and means divorced. The feminine mtell9a, divorced woman, is very common. Pronounced motla9, it comes from Standard Arabic and means absolute. It is heard in learned or media phrases, and above all in the adverb motla9an, meaning "absolutely (not)." In everyday conversation, the meaning "divorced" clearly dominates. However, avoid calling a woman mtell9a in a pejorative way.
Example
هو مطلق وعندو جوج ولاد
howa mtelle9 w 3ndo jouj wlad
“He is divorced and has two children.”
Forms
| feminine | moTla9a |
|---|---|
| plural | moTla9in |
| feminine plural | moTla9at |
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 “mtelle9” but also “mtalla9”, “motla9”, “mtle9” and “mutlaq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “mtelle9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “divorced”; “absolute, total”: mtalla9 in Tunisian.