7ameg حامق
Algerian Darja · adjective
“7ameg” (حامق) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning crazy, nuts.
Meanings
- crazy, nuts
- furious, very angry
- crazy about (someone, something)
Usage
7ameg (also written 7ame9) means "crazy" and, in everyday use, "furious, beside oneself". "Rani 7ameg" is understood according to context as "I am furious" or "I'm going crazy". The form "7ameg 3la" means "crazy about" someone or something. The corresponding verb is 7mag ("to go mad, to get worked up"). The register is informal, and the word can be offensive if aimed directly at a person. The meaning "dark in colour", sometimes given elsewhere, does not match common usage.
Example
راني حامق عليه، كسر لي التيليفون
rani 7ameg 3lih, kasarli tilifoun
“I'm furious with him, he broke my phone.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ameg” but also “7ame9”, “hameg”, “7amag”, “7ameq” and “7me9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.