t3elle9 تعلّق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“t3elle9” (تعلّق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to become attached to someone.
Meanings
- to become attached to someone
- to cling, to hang
- to hang something (you hang)
Usage
T3elle9 takes b: t3elle9 bih, "he became attached to him". It often expresses a strong, sometimes excessive emotional attachment to a person, a place or a habit. In its literal sense, it means to cling or to hang. Beware of the homograph: the same spelling also writes the second person of 3elle9, "to hang". T3elle9 tablo thus means "you hang a painting". The direct object and the context tell the two apart. The adjective m3elle9 means hung or hanging, and also pending, for a matter.
Example
ولدي تعلّق بالمعلمة ديالو بزاف
weldi t3elle9 bl m3allima dyalo bzzaf
“My son has become very attached to his teacher.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kant3elle9 | t3elle9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katt3elle9 | t3elle9ti | t3elle9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katt3ell9i | t3elle9ti | t3ell9i |
| howa (he) | kayt3elle9 | t3elle9 | |
| hiya (she) | katt3elle9 | t3ell9at | |
| 7na (we) | kant3ell9o | t3ell9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katt3ell9o | t3ell9to | t3ell9o |
| homa (they) | kayt3ell9o | t3ell9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t3elle9” but also “t3ll9”, “t3ale9”, “te3elle9” and “t3alla9”. 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; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “t3elle9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to comment, leave a comment”; “to cling, to be attached”: t3ala9 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to comment, make a remark”; “to become attached to”: t3alle9 in Tunisian.