lase9 لاصق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“lase9” (لاصق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning stuck, adhering.
Meanings
- stuck, adhering
- always glued to someone
- adjoining, right next to
Usage
Lase9 is the participle of lsa9 ("to stick"). In its literal sense, it describes what adheres: a label, chewing gum. It is very often used figuratively with fi: lase9 fi flen means "always hanging around someone", and can also mean that you won't leave someone alone, with a nuance of annoying insistence. Lase9 fi blasa means "who doesn't leave a place". The word is also used for spatial proximity: dar lase9a fel jemaa, "a house right next to the mosque". It agrees in gender and number: lase9a in the feminine, las9in in the plural.
Example
ديما لاصق في صاحبو، ما يفارقوش.
dima lase9 fi sa7bou, ma yfar9ouch.
“He's always glued to his friend, he never leaves him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lase9” but also “lasa9”, “lasek” and “lassi9”. 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 “lase9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “stuck, glued to”; “clinging to someone”: lasq in Algerian.