mabloul مبلول
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mabloul” (مبلول) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning wet, soaked.
Meanings
- wet, soaked
- damp
Usage
The adjective mabloul is the participle of the verb bell, "to wet". It is used for laundry, clothes, hair, the ground, or a person caught in the rain: "jit mabloul". It agrees in gender and number: mabloula in the feminine, mablouline in the plural. It is the opposite of néchef, "dry". To stress being soaked, people often add "mabloul 9a3" or "mabloul ma" ("soaked to the bone"). The word is neutral and is used in all registers. It has no particular figurative meaning in Tunisia.
Example
حوايجي الكل مبلولة من المطر
7wayji lkol mablouline mel mtar
“All my clothes are wet from the rain.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mabloul” but also “mablul”, “mbloul”, “mabloula” and “mablool”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.