Top 140 Common Adjectives In Moroccan Arabic

This list of the most 140 common adjectives in Moroccan Arabic (with audio) is the perfect place to start expanding your Darija vocabulary, and it’s very useful when it comes to producing descriptive sentences, which is used daily.

Also, note that you can transform these adjectives into feminine easily by adding “a” at the end as we talked about in this post.

Most Common Adjectives In Moroccan Arabic

English	Transcribed Moroccan Arabic	Using Arabic Alphabet
Able	9ader	قادر
Active	Nashit	نشيط
Aged	Sharf	شارف
Amazing	Wa3er	واعر
Angry	M3asseb	معصب
Awake	Fayeq	فايق
Bad	Khayb	خايب
Beautiful	Zwin	زوين
Best	Al a7san	الأحسن
Big	Kbir	كبير
Black	K7al	كحل
Broken	Mharres	مهرس
Burnt	Ma7roq	محروق
Busy	Meshghul	مشغول
Certain	Met2akked	متأكد
Cheap	Rkhis	رخيص
Chic	Mferkes	مفركس
Clean	Nqi	نقي
Clear	Wade7	واضح
Clever	Dki	دكي
Close	9rib	قريب
Closed	Mesdud	مسدود
Cold	Bard	بارد
Comfortable	Muri7	مريح
Complex	M3aqqad	مْعْقّدْ
Cooked	Tayeb	طايب
Crazy	Hbil / Msatti	هبيل/ مسطي
Dangerous	Khatir	خطير
Dark colored	Ghameq	غامق
Dear	3ziz	عزيز
Delicious	Bnin	بنين
Different	Mbaddal	مبدل
Difficult	S3ib	صعيب
Dirty	Mossakh	موسّخ
Dizzy	Dayekh	دايخ
Dry	Nashef	ناشف
Dumb	Ghabi	غبي
Early	Bkri	بكري
Easy	Sahel	ساهل
Economic	9tisdi	اقتصادي
Empty	Khawi	خاوي
Envious	Me7sad	محساد
Expensive	Ghali	غالي
Famous	Meshhor	مشهور
Far	B3id	بعيد
Fast	Sri3	سريع
Fat	Ghlid	غليض
Free	Khawi	خاوي
Full	3amer	عامر
Funny	Driyaf	ضريف
Generous	Skhi	سخي
Good	Mezian	مزيان
Great	3adim	عظيم
Greedy	Tamma3	طماع
Happy	Far7an	فرحان
Hard	S3ib/9asa7	صعيب/قاسح
Heavy	Tqil	تقيل
High	3ali	عالي
Hot	Skhun	سخون
Human	Insani	إنساني
Important	Mohim	مهم
Innocent	Bari2	بريء
International	Dawli	دولي
Jealous	Meghyar	مغيار
Kind	Drif	ضريف
Known	Ma3ruf	معروف
Large	3rid	عريض
Last	Akhir	أخير
Late	M3ettel	معطل
Light	Khfif	خفيف
Light colored	Fate7	فاتح
Little	Qlil	قليل
Local	Mahalli	محلي
Low	Habet	هابط
Major	Ra2isi	رئيسي
Medium	Matwasset	متوسط
Messy	Mrawwen	مرون
Military	3askri	عسكري
Mixed	Mkhallat	مخلط
Modern	3asri	عصري
Much	Ktir	كتير
Mute	Zizon	زيزون
Nasty	Qbi7	قبيح
National	Watani	وطني
Natural	Tabi3i	طبيعي
Naughty	Daser	ضاسر
Necessary	Darori	ضروري
Nervous	Mqallaq	مقلق
New	Jdid	جديد
Normal	3adi	عادي
Old	Qdim	قديم
Open	Ma7lul	محلول
Polite	M2addeb	مؤدب
Political	Siyasi	سياسي
Popular	Sha3bi	شعبي
Possible	Momkin	ممكن
Pretty	Zwin	زوين
Public	3umumi	عمومي
Real	7aqiqi	حقيقي
Recent	Jdid	جديد
Respectable	Mo7taram	محترم
Right	S7i7	صحيح
Rough	7resh	حرش
Round	Mdawwar	مدوّر
Sad	Mqallaq	مقلّق
Salty	Male7	مالح
Sensitive	7assas	حسّاس
Serious	Jiddi	جدي
Sharp	Madi	ماضي
Short	Qsir	قصير
Shy	7shoumi / 7eshman	حشومي/حشمان
Sick	Mrid	مريض
Silent	Saket	ساكت
similar	B7al	بحال
Skillful	7adg	حادڭ
Small	Sghir	صغير
Smart	Dki	دكي
Social	Jtima3i	اجتماعي
Soft	Ratb	رطب
Solid	Qasa7	قاصح
Spacious	Wase3	واسع
Special	Matmayaz	متميز
Spicy	7ar	حار
Stinky	Khanez	خانز
Strong	Wa3er	واعر
Stupid	Mkallakh	مكلخ
Sweet	7lu	حلو
Tall/Long	Twil	طويل
Thin	Rqiq	رقيق
Tight	Mdiyyaq	مضيق
Tired	3ayyan	عيان
Traditional	Teqlidi	تقليدي
Ugly	Qbih	قبيح
Warm	Dafi	دافي
Weird	Fechkel (neuter)	فشكل
Wet	Fazeg	فازڭ
White	Byad	بيض
Whole	Kamal	كامل
Wrong	Ghalet	غالط
Young	Shab	شاب

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