stitna2i استثنائي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“stitna2i” (استثنائي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning exceptional, outstanding.
Meanings
- exceptional, outstanding
- exceptional, out of the ordinary
Usage
Stitna2i is an adjective borrowed from standard Arabic. It is used in a somewhat formal register: sports commentary, media, official announcements. It has two meanings. The first is "remarkable": "match stitna2i". The second is "outside the rule": "7ala stitna2iya" (exceptional case), "3otla stitna2iya" (special leave). The feminine is stitna2iya. In casual conversation, to praise something, people more readily say "wa3er", "khatir" or "nadi". Stitna2i therefore keeps a more serious or formal nuance.
Example
كان واحد الماتش استثنائي
kan wa7ed lmatch stitna2i
“It was an exceptional match.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “stitna2i” but also “istitna2i”, “stitnaa2i”, “istitnaa2i” and “stithna2i”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.