skhoun سخون
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“skhoun” (سخون) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning hot (temperature, object, liquid).
Meanings
- hot (temperature, object, liquid)
- warm (clothing, blanket)
- hot (weather, day)
Usage
Skhoun is the usual adjective for "hot". It is used for water, a dish, an object or the weather: skhoun had lyoum, "it's hot today". The feminine is skhouna (lma skhouna, "hot water"), and the plural skhounin. For a blanket or a garment, it takes the sense of "that keeps you warm". Pitfall: to say "I'm hot", you do not use skhoun with "I am". One says fiya ssokhana or ana mskhoun instead, depending on the context. The opposite is bared, "cold".
Example
سخون هاد اليوم
s5on had lyom
“It's hot today.”
Forms
| feminine | skhouna |
|---|---|
| plural | skhan |
| feminine plural | skhounat |
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 “skhoun” but also “s5oun”, “skhon”, “s5on” and “skhun”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “skhoun” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “hot, scalding”; “feverish (person)”: skhoun in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hot”; “hot-blooded, short-tempered”: skhoun in Tunisian.