rsem رسم
Algerian Darja · verb
“rsem” (رسم) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to draw.
Meanings
- to draw
- to paint, depict
- to bring about (a smile, joy)
Usage
The verb rsem means "to draw". In the present tense it is conjugated yarsem or yersem, and the noun for a drawing is rasm. It is used for children's drawings, plans or painting. In a more formal register, borrowed from Standard Arabic, it appears in figurative phrases such as rsem lbesma, "to bring a smile", and rsem lfer7a, "to bring joy". These are often heard in thanks addressed to artists or volunteers. For "to write", rsem is not used; kteb is.
Example
ولدي رسم دار وشمس
weldi rsem dar w chems
“My son drew a house and a sun.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rsem” but also “rssem”, “rasm”, “rsam” and “rasem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rsem” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to draw, trace”; “to paint (a picture)”: rsem in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to draw”; “drawing, painting (noun rasm)”: rsem in Tunisian.