t7emmel تحمّل
Moroccan Darija · verb
“t7emmel” (تحمّل) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning take on (a responsibility).
Meanings
- take on (a responsibility)
- bear, endure
- withstand, hold up
Usage
T7emmel is most often used with a direct object. The most frequent phrase is t7emmel mas2ouliya, "to take responsibility". The verb also means "to put up with someone or something unpleasant": ma nqderch nt7emmel had sda3, "I can't stand this noise". It can also apply to a person: ma kayt7emmelch, "he is unbearable". With an object, it means "to withstand, to hold up", for example a chair that bears a weight. It should be distinguished from 7mel, which means "to carry" but also "to be in flood" for a river.
Example
خاصك تحمل مسؤوليتك
khasek t7emel ms2oulytek
“You have to take on your responsibility.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kant7mmel | t7mmelt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katt7mmel | t7mmelti | t7mmel |
| nti (you, f.) | katt7mmli | t7mmelti | t7mmli |
| howa (he) | kayt7mmel | t7mmel | |
| hiya (she) | katt7mmel | t7mmlat | |
| 7na (we) | kant7mmlo | t7mmlna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katt7mmlo | t7mmlto | t7mmlo |
| homa (they) | kayt7mmlo | t7mmlo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t7emmel” but also “t7mmel”, “t7emel”, “t7mel” and “te7emmel”. 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 “t7emmel” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to bear, endure”; “to take on (responsibility)”: t7emmel in Algerian.