ness نص
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ness” (نص) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning half.
Meanings
- half
- middle
- half-and-half coffee (nss nss)
Usage
Ness means "half". It is a very frequent word. For the time, "w ness" means "and a half", i.e. "half past": ttlata w ness, half past three. Placed before a noun, it marks the half: ness khobza, half a baguette; ness sa3a, half an hour. With f, it indicates the middle: f ness ttriq, in the middle of the road. Doubled, ness ness refers, in a café, to a drink that is half coffee, half milk. The word also expresses an equal share. Pitfall: do not confuse ness with the verb or noun related to "text" in Standard Arabic.
Example
هادي السبعة و نص
hadi ssb3a o ness
“It's half past seven.”
Forms
| plural | nSoSa |
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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 “ness” but also “nss”, “nos”, “nouss”, “nes” and “nass”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ness” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “half”; “half-, partly”: nouss in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “half”; “middle”: noss in Tunisian.