i3dam إعدام
Moroccan Darija · noun
“i3dam” (إعدام) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning death penalty, execution.
Meanings
- death penalty, execution
Usage
i3dam means capital punishment or the execution of a convict. The word comes from legal language and the media, but it is understood and used by everyone. The most common phrase is "t7kem 3lih b l-i3dam", "he was sentenced to death". It is also used humorously, as an exaggeration: "had chi i3dam!" to say that a situation is terrible. The register is neutral to formal. There is no real distinct colloquial equivalent.
Example
حكمو عليه بالإعدام
7ekmo 3lih b l'i3dam
“They sentenced him to death.”
Forms
| plural | i3damat |
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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 “i3dam” but also “e3dam” and “i3daam”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “i3dam” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “death penalty”; “execution (of a convict)”: e3dem in Tunisian.