3alla9 علق
Tunisian Derja · verb
“3alla9” (علق) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to hang up, suspend.
Meanings
- to hang up, suspend
- to comment
- to suspend, halt
Usage
3alla9 (imperfect y3alla9) first means to hang or suspend an object: "3alla9 el ma3tef" (he hung up the coat). It is also very common for "to comment", with the preposition 3la: "3alla9 3la el post" (he commented on the post), a sense very present on social media. It can finally mean to suspend an activity, a job or classes. The noun ta3li9 means a comment. Do not confuse with 3le9 (without doubling), which means "to get stuck, to get caught". The pronunciation 3alleg exists in some regions.
Example
علّق التصويرة على الحيط
3alla9 ettaswira 3al 7it
“Hang the picture on the wall.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3alla9” but also “3ala9”, “3alleg”, “3allak” and “3alleq”. 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 “3alla9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to hang, to hang up”; “to comment”: 3allag in Algerian.