mtisse3 متيسّع
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mtisse3” (متيسّع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning spacious, roomy.
Meanings
- spacious, roomy
- loose, wide (clothing)
Usage
Mtisse3 describes a place with plenty of room: a room, a house, a car, a courtyard. It belongs to the everyday, informal register. The feminine is mtiss3a and the plural is mtiss3in. It is often followed by l to indicate the person concerned: mtisse3 lina, "big enough for us". Said of a piece of clothing, it means "loose, not tight". Its usual opposite is dye9, "narrow, cramped". Note: the word is not used figuratively to mean "broad-minded".
Example
راه متيسّع لينا هاد سالون
rah mtisse3 lina had salon
“This living room is spacious for us.”
Forms
| feminine | mtiss3a |
|---|---|
| plural | mtiss3in |
| feminine plural | mtiss3at |
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 “mtisse3” but also “mtiss3”, “mtisa3” and “mtissa3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.