mt7emmes متحمّس
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mt7emmes” (متحمّس) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning enthusiastic, eager.
Meanings
- enthusiastic, eager
- motivated, passionate
Usage
Mt7emmes is a very common word. It expresses enthusiasm or eagerness to do something. It is constructed with l- or b-: mt7emmes l lkhrja (eager for the outing), mt7emmes bzaf. The feminine is mt7emsa and the plural is mt7emsin. It is often used with rani or rah: rani mt7emmes. It can also describe someone who is motivated about a project or a fan who gets carried away. Its sense is the same as English "excited".
Example
راني متحمس ل هاد لخرجة
rani mt7mmes l had lkhrja
“I'm really excited about this outing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mt7emmes” but also “mt7ammes”, “mt7mmes”, “met7ammes”, “mt7ms” and “met7emmes”. 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 “mt7emmes” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “enthusiastic, eager”; “motivated, passionate”: mt7ames in Algerian.