mas2ouliya مسؤولية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mas2ouliya” (مسؤولية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning responsibility.
Meanings
- responsibility
- legal liability
Usage
Mas2ouliya is a Standard Arabic word that has entered everyday Tunisian unchanged. It is used in both the moral and the legal sense. Common expressions: "ta7ammel el mas2ouliya" (to take responsibility), "3la mas2ouliti" (under my responsibility) and "mas2ouliya kbira" (a heavy responsibility). Before a complement, the ending becomes -t: "mas2oulit el 7kouma", the government's responsibility. It is very common in political and media discourse. In everyday conversation, many people also simply say "responsabilité" in French.
Example
هذي مسؤولية كبيرة عليك
hethi mas2ouliya kbira 3lik
“This is a big responsibility on you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mas2ouliya” but also “mas2oulia”, “masouliya”, “mas2oulya” and “mas2oulit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “mas2ouliya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “responsibility”; “duty, obligation”: ms2oulia in Moroccan.