mneseb مناسب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mneseb” (مناسب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning appropriate, suitable.
Meanings
- appropriate, suitable
- convenient, fitting
- reasonable (price)
Usage
Munéseb is used to say that something suits a person, a situation or a moment. The usual construction is munéseb l- ("suitable for"): munéseb lel-sghar, munéseb lel-khedma. The feminine is munésba and the plural is munésbin. The word is slightly more polished than colloquial expressions like yjib or yemchi, but it remains very common in speech, in shops and in advertisements. It is also found in soum munéseb, "fair price". The negative is formed with mouch: mouch munéseb, "not suitable" or "inappropriate", including for behaviour.
Example
هالوقت موش مناسب، نحكيو غدوة.
hal wa9t mouch mneseb, na7kiw ghodwa.
“This isn't the right time, we'll talk tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mneseb” but also “mounaseb”, “mnaseb”, “monaseb” and “mouneseb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mneseb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “suitable, appropriate”; “reasonable (price)”: mnasb in Moroccan.