mouj موج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mouj” (موج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning waves, swell.
Meanings
- waves, swell
Usage
Mouj is a collective noun: it refers to the waves of the sea taken together, the swell. It is used mostly with the article: lmouj kbir lyoum, "the waves are big today." For a single wave, the unit noun mouja is used. Note: written without vowels, the same form can also match other words. One example is the participle mjowwej, "married," found in the corpus, which should not be confused with mouj. The word is common in coastal towns, especially when talking about swimming or fishing.
Example
اليوم الموج كبير، ما تعومش
lyoum lmouj kbir, ma t3oumch
“Today the waves are big, don't swim.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mouj” but also “mawj” and “moj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mouj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “waves, swell”; “rough sea”: mouj in Tunisian.