mo9awama مقاومة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mo9awama” (مقاومة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning resistance, struggle against domination.
Meanings
- resistance, struggle against domination
- resistance (physical, electrical)
Usage
Mo9awama first means resistance in the sense of a struggle against domination. In Morocco, "lmo9awama" commonly refers to the resistance against colonisation, in speeches and school textbooks. It is also used for the physical resistance of a body or material, and in electricity. The register is rather formal or technical. For "to resist" in everyday speech, the verbs "sber" (to hold firm) or "9awem" (to resist) are preferred.
Example
جدي كان فالمقاومة
jeddi kan f lmo9awama
“My grandfather was in the resistance.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo9awama” but also “moqawama”, “mo9aawama”, “m9awama” and “mu9awama”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.