smin سمين
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“smin” (سمين) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning fat, heavyset.
Meanings
- fat, heavyset
- fatty (meat)
Usage
Smin means "fat" of a person or an animal; the feminine is "smina" and the plural "smen". Of meat, it means "fatty". Depending on context, the word can be neutral, affectionate (for a healthy, chubby child) or hurtful. To soften it, people say "mriguel" or "ma3bi" instead. The verb "smen" means "to put on weight": "smenet" (she has put on weight). Pitfall: "smin" is not used for a bulky object; one says "kbir" (big) or "ghlidh" (thick) instead.
Example
ولدها ولى سمين برشا.
weldha wella smin barcha.
“Her son has become very fat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “smin” but also “smine” and “semin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “smin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “fat, well-fattened (animal, meat)”; “plump (person)”: smin in Moroccan.