m3a9ed معقد

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“m3a9ed” (معقد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning hung-up, full of complexes.

Meanings

1. hung-up, full of complexes
2. complicated, complex

Usage

M3a99ed has two uses. For a person, it means "hung-up", "uptight" or "embittered". It is often a reproach or a taunt: "ya m3a99ed !", "you hung-up person!". The word targets someone who judges others out of jealousy or frustration. For a thing, it means "complicated": "mouchkla m3a99da" (a complicated problem). The feminine is m3a99da, the plural m3a99din. The verb 3a99ed means "to complicate", but also "to give someone complexes". The two senses must be distinguished by context: applied to a person, the word is almost always pejorative.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m3a9ed” but also “m3a99ed”, “mo3a9ad” and “m3aqed”. 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 “m3a9ed” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “complicated, complex”; “hung-up, uptight (person)”: m3e99ed in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “complicated, complex”; “uptight, hung-up (person)”: m3a9ed in Algerian.