man9oub منقوب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“man9oub” (منقوب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning pierced, with a hole.
Meanings
- pierced, with a hole
- punctured, flat (tyre)
Usage
Man9oub is the passive participle of na9ab, "to pierce, to make a hole in". It describes any object that has a hole: a piece of clothing, a bucket, a shoe, and very often a punctured wheel or tyre. For a flat tyre, one says 3andi 3ajla man9ouba, "I have a flat tyre". The adjective agrees: man9oub in the masculine, man9ouba in the feminine, man9oubin in the plural. It is informal and common in speech. In online writing, the q is often written 9 or g depending on regional pronunciation.
Example
السروال هذا منقوب، ما عادش نلبسو.
es-sirwel hedha man9oub, ma3adech nelbsou.
“These trousers have a hole in them, I don't wear them anymore.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “man9oub” but also “mangoub”, “manqoub”, “man9ouba” and “mankoub”. 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.