messet مست
Tunisian Derja · verb
“messet” (مست) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning it touched, affected.
Meanings
- it touched, affected
- to touch physically
Usage
Messet is the third-person feminine singular past form of the verb mess / ymess, "to touch". In the figurative sense, it is used for a crisis, an illness or a measure that "touches" people, a sector or a place. This sense is frequent in news commentary. In the literal sense, it refers to physical contact: ma tmessech, "don't touch". The verb takes its object directly, with no preposition. Note: without vowels, the same spelling can also be read messit, "I touched" or "you touched". Only context can settle it.
Example
الأزمة مسّت برشا عباد في الخدمة متاعهم.
el azma messet barcha 3bed fel khedma mte3hom.
“The crisis affected a lot of people in their jobs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “messet” but also “masset” and “messit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.