damir ضمير
Moroccan Darija · noun
“damir” (ضمير) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning conscience, moral sense.
Meanings
- conscience, moral sense
- pronoun (grammar)
Usage
Damir refers to the moral conscience, the sense of right and wrong. It is used mainly in judgments about someone: "ma 3ndoch Damir" (he has no conscience), "Damirou ḥay" (he has a living conscience), "Damirou mrtaḥ" (he has a clear conscience). The word is common in spoken language and belongs to a neutral register, sometimes a little solemn. At school, it also refers to the pronoun in Arabic grammar. The word does not correspond to "conscience" in the sense of being conscious or awake: other expressions are used for that.
Example
هاد الراجل ما عندوش الضمير.
had rrajel ma 3ndouch Damir.
“This man has no conscience.”
Forms
| plural | Dama2ir |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “damir” but also “damyr” and “dmir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “damir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “conscience, moral sense”; “pronoun (grammar)”: dhmir in Tunisian.