m3alleg معلق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“m3alleg” (معلق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sports commentator.
Meanings
- sports commentator
- hanging, suspended
- attached to someone
Usage
M3alleg first means the commentator who describes a match on radio or television. The word is very common in football discussions, when people judge the commentary of a game. As a participle, it also means "hung, suspended", for an object hanging on a wall or a nail. Figuratively, it can describe a file or case that is pending. In the construction m3alleg b..., it expresses emotional attachment to someone. The pronunciation varies between m3alleg, with a g, and m3allaq, closer to Standard Arabic.
Example
المعلق متاع الماتش كان باهي برشا.
el m3alleg mta3 el match ken behi barcha.
“The match commentator was very good.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m3alleg” but also “m3alla9”, “m3allek”, “m3alaq” and “mo3alla9”. 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 “m3alleg” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sports commentator”; “hung, hanging”: mo3alli9 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sports commentator”; “hanging, suspended”: m3alleq in Algerian.