tle9 طلق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tle9” (طلق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to let go, to release.
Meanings
- to let go, to release
- to divorce, to repudiate
- to launch, to set free
Usage
Tlleq, with the middle consonant doubled, first means "to let go, to leave alone". It is often used in the imperative: tlleq menni (let go of me), tlleq lia yeddi (let go of my hand). It is also used to release an animal, turn on a tap or put on music: tlleq l-ma, tlleq chi ghnia. Tlleq mratu means "he divorced his wife". Tlleq rasek, literally "let go of your head", means "relax" or "let yourself go". The simple form tla9 (ṭleq) is rather intransitive: "to come loose, to be freed". The participle mtelleqa (divorced woman) is also found.
Example
طلق ليا من إيدي
tle9 lia men idi
“Let go of my hand.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanTle9 | Tle9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katTle9 | Tle9ti | Tle9 |
| nti (you, f.) | katTl9i | Tle9ti | Tl9i |
| howa (he) | kayTle9 | Tle9 | |
| hiya (she) | katTle9 | Tl9at | |
| 7na (we) | kanTl9o | Tl9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katTl9o | Tl9to | Tl9o |
| homa (they) | kayTl9o | Tl9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tle9” but also “tl9”, “tlle9”, “tla9” and “tleq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “tle9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to let go, release, free”; “to release, drop (video, song)”: tleq in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to divorce, repudiate (one's wife)”; “to let go, release”: tallaq in Tunisian.