mohim مهم
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mohim” (مهم) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning important, essential.
Meanings
- important, essential
- anyway; the main thing (el mohim)
Usage
Mohim means "important": "hadi 7aja mohima", "this is an important thing". With the article, el mohim (or lmohim) is very often used as a discourse marker. It means "anyway", "well" or "the main thing is that…", and lets you return to the subject after a digression: "el mohim, rouhna". In written messages, it is sometimes found without the article at the start of a sentence with the same meaning. The feminine is mohima. "The most important thing is that…" is built with "el mohim belli…".
Example
المهم تكون لاباس
el mohim tkoun labas
“The main thing is that you're doing well.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mohim” but also “mouhim”, “mohime” and “muhim”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mohim” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “important”; “essential, crucial”: mohim in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “important, essential”; “the main thing, anyway (el mouhem)”: mouhem in Tunisian.