mesmou7 مسموح
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mesmou7” (مسموح) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning allowed, permitted.
Meanings
- allowed, permitted
Usage
Mesmou7 means “allowed, permitted”. It is said of an action, an object or a person. The typical construction is mesmou7 bih (“it's allowed”) and, in the negative, mouch mesmou7 (“it's not allowed, it's forbidden”). It can also be followed by a verb: mesmou7 nod5ol? (“am I allowed to come in?”). The word is common in all registers, from conversation to posted regulations. It is hardly inflected when it qualifies an action. Be careful not to confuse it with msame7, which means “forgiving” or “quits”.
Example
كلّ شي مسموح في سبيل كورسي رئاسة ,
koul chey mesmou7 fi sebil koursi ri2èsè ,
“Everything is allowed for the sake of the presidential seat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mesmou7” but also “masmou7”, “mesmouh”, “masmouh” and “mesmo7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “mesmou7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “allowed, permitted”; “tolerated, accepted by custom”: msmo7 in Moroccan.