3amer عامر
Algerian Darja · adjective
“3amer” (عامر) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning full, filled.
Meanings
- full, filled
- crowded, packed
Usage
3amer agrees in gender and number: 3amra in the feminine, 3amrin in the plural. It is said of a container (el kas 3amer, the glass is full), of a crowded place (el marché 3amer, ennas bezzaf, the market is packed, lots of people) or of a person who has eaten enough. To say what something is full of, add b: 3amer b el ma (full of water). The form 3amra is also used for a lively house, full of life, often in wishes or compliments. Pitfall: 3amer is also a common male first name, not to be confused with the adjective.
Example
الطوبيس كان عامر ما لقيتش وين نقعد
tobis kan 3amer ma l9itch win na93ed
“The bus was full, I couldn't find anywhere to sit.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3amer” but also “3amr”, “amer”, “3amar” and “aamer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3amer” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “full, filled”; “crowded, packed”: 3amer in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “full, filled”; “crowded, busy”: 3amer in Tunisian.