mohim مهم
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mohim” (مهم) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning important.
Meanings
- important
- essential, crucial
Usage
An adjective of Classical origin, used every day in Morocco. It is often intensified with bzaf: mohim bzaf, "very important". The feminine is mohimma, the plural mohimmin. With the article, lmohim is a very common phrase meaning "anyway, the main thing is that", and is used to cut short or to get back to the subject: lmohim, ja. The question wach hadchi mohim? is also used to ask whether something is worth the trouble. Note that the usual opposite is machi mohim, "it's no big deal, never mind".
Example
سپور مهم بزاف
spor mohim bzaf
“Sport is very important.”
Forms
| feminine | mo8imma |
|---|---|
| plural | mi8immin |
| feminine plural | mo8immat |
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 “mohim” but also “mouhim”, “mo8im”, “mohimm”, “muhim” and “mo8imm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “mohim” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “important, essential”; “anyway; the main thing (el mohim)”: mohim in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “important, essential”; “the main thing, anyway (el mouhem)”: mouhem in Tunisian.