jemmed جمّد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“jemmed” (جمّد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to freeze, put in the freezer.
Meanings
- to freeze, put in the freezer
- to freeze (an account, funds)
Usage
Jemmed is a transitive verb meaning "to freeze" or "to put in the freezer": you jemmed water, meat, fish. The corresponding reflexive verb, tjemmed, means "to freeze over" or "to set solid": "lma tjemmed" (the water has frozen). Figuratively, jemmed is used in administration and banking for a blocked account or funds, and also for a suspended project. To be very cold, people rather say "mt bel bard" or "qeffet". In everyday speech, the French word "congeler" and the noun "congélateur" are also widely used.
Example
أنا غادي ن جمّد هاد لما
ana ghadi n jemmed had lma
“I'm going to freeze this water.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanjemmed | jemmedt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katjemmed | jemmedti | jemmed |
| nti (you, f.) | katjemmdi | jemmedti | jemmdi |
| howa (he) | kayjemmed | jemmed | |
| hiya (she) | katjemmed | jemmdat | |
| 7na (we) | kanjemmdo | jemmdna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katjemmdo | jemmedto | jemmdo |
| homa (they) | kayjemmdo | jemmdo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jemmed” but also “jammad”, “jemed”, “jammed” and “jmmed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.