myyet ميّت
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“myyet” (ميّت) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning dead, deceased.
Meanings
- dead, deceased
- lifeless, boring, flat
- crazy about, dying of
Usage
Myyet first means "dead": "wach 7ay wla myyet?" (alive or dead?). The feminine is myyta, the plural myytin. Figuratively, it describes things that lack life: a match, an atmosphere or a town can be myyet. It is also said of a flat battery or an object that no longer works. With "3la", it expresses a very strong passion: myyet 3liha, "crazy about her". With "b", it indicates an extreme state: myyet b jjo3, "dying of hunger". For the action of dying, the verb mat, ymut is used.
Example
ماعرفناش واش حي ولا ميت
ma3rfnach wach 7y wla myt
“We don't know whether he is alive or dead.”
Forms
| feminine | myyta |
|---|---|
| plural | myytin |
| feminine plural | myytat |
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 “myyet” but also “myt”, “miyet”, “meyt” and “mayt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “myyet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “dead, deceased”; “a dead person, the deceased”: mayet in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “dead, deceased”; “dying of (hunger, thirst)”: meyet in Tunisian.