mna7i منحي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mna7i” (منحي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning taken off, removed (clothing).
Meanings
- taken off, removed (clothing)
- removed, set aside
Usage
Mna77i is the passive participle of na77a, "to take off, remove". It applies first to clothing: mna77i es-sarwal, "the pants taken off", or mna77i el mrayel, "without her blouse". It can also describe an object removed from its place or a person removed from a post. It agrees: mna77ia in the feminine, mna77yin in the plural. Pitfall: in unvowelled writing, the same spelling can be read min7i, "my grant" in standard Arabic, unrelated to the Tunisian meaning.
Example
لقيتو منحّي صباطو في الدار
l9itou mna77i sabbatou fi eddar
“I found him at home with his shoes taken off.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mna7i” but also “mna77i”, “mnahi”, “mna77y” and “mne7i”. 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.