masset ماصط
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“masset” (ماصط) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning bland, under-salted.
Meanings
- bland, under-salted
- dull, insipid (person)
Usage
Masset first describes a dish that lacks salt or flavour: el mekla masta, "the dish is bland". By extension, it describes a boring person, without humour or charisma, or a joke that falls flat. It appears in the reduplicated expression masset lasset, which stresses this insipid quality. The feminine is masta. It is a colloquial, slightly mocking word, frequent in comments about public figures.
Example
الشربة ماصطة، زيدها شويّة ملح.
e chorba masta, zidha chwaya mle7.
“The soup is bland, add a little salt.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “masset” but also “maset”, “masst” and “massit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.