romatizm روماتيزم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“romatizm” (روماتيزم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning rheumatism, joint pain.
Meanings
- rheumatism, joint pain
Usage
Romatizm is a borrowing from French, well integrated into everyday language. It is used mainly to talk about the chronic joint pain of older people, without medical precision: fiya romatizm ("I have rheumatism") or 3ndo romatizm f rkabi ("he has rheumatism in his knees"). The word is used without a plural and often with the article: rromatizm. In conversation, it covers any pain in the bones or joints that is blamed on cold or damp. The term is not learned or technical: it is heard at the doctor's as well as in the family.
Example
مي فيها الروماتيزم ف الركابي
mmi fiha rromatizm f rrkabi
“My mother has rheumatism in her knees.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “romatizm” but also “rromatizm”, “roumatizm” and “rroumatizm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.