daym دايم
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“daym” (دايم) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning permanent, eternal.
Meanings
- permanent, eternal
- lasting, long-lived
Usage
The word is found mainly in the religious formula ddaym llah ("only God is eternal"), said at a death or when faced with what passes away. It also appears with bqa: bqa daym (it held up, it lasted). The feminine is dayma. It should not be confused with the adverb dima ("always"), which is far more common in everyday speech. The formula Allah ydawwem ("may God make it last") belongs to the same family.
Example
الكليان عجبو الربوذيت بقا دايم ليه
lclian 3ejbou lrpoduit b9a daym lih
“The customer liked the product; it lasted him a long time.”
Forms
| feminine | dayma |
|---|---|
| plural | daymin |
| feminine plural | daymat |
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 “daym” but also “dayem”, “daim” and “daiem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “daym” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “eternal, everlasting”; “permanent, lasting”: dayem in Tunisian.