jamma3 جمع

Algerian Darja · verb

“jamma3” (جمع) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to gather, to collect, to pick up.

Meanings

1. to gather, to collect, to pick up
2. to pack away, to tidy up
3. to accumulate, to put aside

Usage

Jamma3, with the middle consonant doubled, means to bring things or people together. It is used for objects (jamma3 hwayjek, "gather your things"), for money being put aside (jamma3 drahem) or for people one has summoned. The expression jamma3 rouhek means "pull yourself together, behave properly". It should not be confused with the simple form jma3, which is rarer in speech. The reference definition, which gives the sense "to sit down", is not confirmed by common usage. The register is neutral and everyday. The verb is conjugated regularly: njamma3, yjamma3.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jamma3” but also “jema3”, “jamaa”, “jemma3” and “jma3”. 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 “jamma3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “gather, collect”; “tidy up, put away”: jme3 in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “gather, pick up”; “pack, put away”: jma3 in Tunisian.