fomm فم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fomm” (فم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mouth.
Meanings
- mouth
- opening, mouth (of a container, hole)
Usage
Fomm is the common word for mouth, in all registers. It readily takes possessive pronouns: fommi (my mouth), fommek (your mouth), fommu (his mouth). It appears in many figurative expressions. "Sedd fommek" means "shut up", and "men fomm s-sbe3" means "from the lion's mouth", said of something obtained through hard struggle. The word is also used for the opening of a bag, a bottle or a well. Beware of online spellings: "fm" or "fom" are not always to be read this way. The same sequence of letters can transcribe the French "femme", as in "femme de ménage".
Example
كيجيبها من فم سبع
kijibha mn fom sba3
“He fetches her even from the lion's mouth.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fomm” but also “fom”, “fmm”, “fm” and “foum”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fomm” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “mouth”; “opening (of a bag, well)”: fom in Tunisian.