mjmou3 مجموع
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mjmou3” (مجموع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning tidy, put in order.
Meanings
- tidy, put in order
- gathered, grouped
- total, sum
Usage
Mjmou3 is the passive participle of jmε, "to gather". In everyday use, it describes a room or belongings that are tidied up, put in order: lbit mjmou3, "the room is tidy". It also means "gathered, crowded together": mjmou3in 3lih, "crowded around him". Pronounced the Standard Arabic way, majmou3, it is a noun meaning "total, sum", used at school and in calculations: majmou3 nnoqat, "the total of the points". The feminine is mjmou3a, not to be confused with the noun majmou3a, "group".
Example
البيت راه مجموع.
lbit rah mjmo3.
“The room is tidy.”
Forms
| feminine | mjmo3a |
|---|---|
| plural | mjmo3in |
| feminine plural | mjmo3at |
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 “mjmou3” but also “mjmo3”, “majmou3”, “majmo3” and “mejmou3”. 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 “mjmou3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “total, sum”; “gathered, united”: majmou3 in Algerian.