l7em لحم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“l7em” (لحم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning meat.
Meanings
- meat
- flesh (of the body)
Usage
L7em is the common word for meat. Without further detail, it often means red meat. The animal is specified with an adjective: "l7em l-begri" (beef), "l7em l-ghenmi" (mutton), "l7em d-l-jmel" (camel meat). Chicken has its own word, "djaj". Ground meat is usually called "kefta". The word also means the flesh of the human or animal body. The plural "l7oum" exists. On a menu or at the butcher's ("l-gezzar"), you buy "kilo d-l7em". In speech you also hear the form "l7am".
Example
حنا ماكاناكلوش لحم
7na makanaklouch l7em
“We don't eat meat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “l7em” but also “l7am”, “l7m”, “la7m” and “lhem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “l7em” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “meat”; “flesh (human, animal)”: l7am in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “meat”; “flesh (of the body)”: l7am in Tunisian.