This list of the most 140 common adjectives in Moroccan Arabic is the perfect place to start expanding your Darija vocabulary, and it’s very useful when it comes to produce descriptive sentences, which it 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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