ma9soum مقسوم
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ma9soum” (مقسوم) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning divided, split up.
Meanings
- divided, split up
- split open, cracked in two
- divided by (calculation)
Usage
Maqsoum is the past participle of "qsam" (to share, to divide). It describes what is split into several parts: an inheritance, a group of people, public opinion. The common constructions are "maqsoum bin" (shared between) and "maqsoum 3la" (distributed over). In a concrete sense, it describes an object split or broken, for example a watermelon or an injured head ("maqsoum er-ras"). In arithmetic, "maqsoum 3la" or "maqsoum b" means "divided by". It agrees: maqsouma in the feminine.
Example
الورث مقسوم بين الخوة الكل
el wirth ma9soum bin el khwa el kol
“The inheritance is divided among all the brothers.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma9soum” but also “maksoum”, “maqsoum” and “mag9soum”. 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 “ma9soum” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “divided, split”; “destined, allotted by fate”: m9soum in Moroccan.