מבסוט
mab-SUT
Pleased, stoked, high-spirited.
What does it literally mean, and what do Israelis actually mean?
What it literally means
Literal: "spread-out / flattened" (in the comfort sense).
הייתי מבסוט מהמסיבה, הכל עבר חלק.Hayiti mabsut me-ha-mesiba, ha-kol avar chalak.I was stoked about the party, everything went smooth.
What Israelis actually mean
Pleased, stoked.
הוא תמיד מבסוט בימי שישי.Hu tamid mabsut be-yemei shishi.He's always in high spirits on Fridays.
Where did this word come from?
From Arabic مبسوط (mabsūṭ), "pleased, content", passive participle of basaṭa (بسط), "to spread out/flatten," used since medieval Arabic for good cheer; borrowed into slang Hebrew. Adamczyk (2019) documents Arabic loans of this semantic field; the drug-culture shade ("being high") is carried from Arabic b-s-ṭ vocabulary.
Register & social context
Casual, spoken; young. Note the passive shape: it describes your state, not the thing, the music is "mabsit" (mabsita), you are mabsut.
Root & morphology
Arabic passive participle pattern (maCCūC) borrowed whole.
Influences & contact languages
- Arabic· contactArabic mabsūṭ, "pleased, content", passive participle of basaṭa; drug-culture shade carried from Arabic b-s-ṭ vocabulary.
Which places are associated with this word?
This word travels through people, not places, so we don't pin it.
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הייתי מבסוט מהמסיבה, הכל עבר חלק.
Hayiti mabsut me-ha-mesiba, ha-kol avar chalak.
I was stoked about the party, everything went smooth.
הוא תמיד מבסוט בימי שישי.
Hu tamid mabsut be-yemei shishi.
He's always in high spirits on Fridays.
What English speakers get wrong
It's a state, not a compliment to the music, the music is "mabsit" (mabsita); *you* are mabsut. The passive shape matters.
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