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Dthlz Posted messages 12 Status Member -  
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<mots> Meskine </mots>

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    MaxGix Posted messages 5389 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 371
     
    Hi,

    if we talk about the French word it is written mesquine
    If we talk about the Latin alphabet adaptation of the Arabic expression "the poor" (pity), it doesn't matter but generally it's meskine that we see even if orally it sounds more like m'sskine.
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  2. michel_m Posted messages 18903 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   3 320
     
    what does that have to do with office automation?
    if not, there are dictionaries available in print and online

    also look into expressions like "hair in the hand"

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    Michel
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  3. C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250
     
    Hello Dthlz,

    well, it all depends on what you're talking about and in which language:

    Miskine:
    https://www.programme-tv.net/news/buzz/61674-que-veut-dire-miskine/

    Meskine:
    https://dico-des-mots.com/definitions/meskine.html

    In French, Mesquin, mesquine (often feminine by the way ;-)
    https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/mesquin_mesquine/50762

    In short, a search on the web would have saved you time and given you more targeted information.

    C-Claire
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  4. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58213 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 482
     
    Hello Dthlz.

    What are you talking about? Both spellings exist.

    If it's about the fourth track and first single from the collaborative album by Soprano and R.E.D.K., E=2MC's released on 27/04/12 under EMI Music, it's "Soprano - Meskine Lyrics | Genius"

    But if it's about the title by Disiz (with Paroles.net) it's Miskine !

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    Retirement is great! Especially in the Antilles... :-)
    Raymond (INSA, AFPA, CF/R)
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    1. Dthlz Posted messages 12 Status Member
       
      Merci pour toutes vos réponses. Je parle du mot arabe (le pauvre). Sur le net, on peut trouver diverses réponses, plus ou moins fausses. Sinon, j'ai quand même réussi à trouver en demandant à des Algériens, et la vraie écriture est "meskin" et "meskina" au féminin.
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      1. DorisOups Posted messages 1766 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   856 > Dthlz Posted messages 12 Status Member
         
        meski a lot
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    2. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58213 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 482
       
      If you had indicated from the start that it was an Arabic word, you would have saved us the trouble of looking in all directions unnecessarily!
      And if you ask Arabs who are not Algerians, they will probably give you a different spelling...
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  6. bougnouleFiable Posted messages 1 Status Member 1
     
    On says "miskine", since in Arabic it is written with an "i", it makes sense to transcribe it with an "i". -Syk
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