ma9sous مقصوص
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ma9sous” (مقصوص) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning cut off (power, water, connection).
Meanings
- cut off (power, water, connection)
- cut, sliced
- broke, penniless
Usage
Ma9sous is the passive participle of 9ass (to cut). Its most frequent use concerns outages: eddaw ma9sous (there is no power), el ma ma9sous (the water is cut off), el internet ma9sous. It also describes what has been cut or sliced, for example meat already cut up at the butcher's or short hair. In colloquial speech, ana ma9sous means "I'm broke," without a penny. This last sense often surprises English speakers: applied to a person, the word is about money, not injury. The feminine is ma9sousa.
Example
الضو مقصوص من الصباح.
edhaw ma9sous mel sbe7.
“The power has been cut since this morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma9sous” but also “maqsous”, “makssous”, “ma9sousa” and “maksous”. 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.