ttahem اتهم
Moroccan Darija · verb
“ttahem” (اتهم) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to accuse someone.
Meanings
- to accuse someone
- to suspect, blame
Usage
Ttaham means "to accuse". The accused person is a direct object, and the charge is introduced by b-: ttahmuh b s-sriqa "they accused him of theft". The word is of Standard Arabic origin and is used in everyday life as well as in legal language and the press. The participle mttaham means "accused, suspect". In a more colloquial register you also hear lsseq fih "to pin it on him" (literally "to stick it on his back").
Example
اتهموه بلي هو اللي خذا الفلوس
ttahmuh belli huwa lli khda l-flus
“They accused him of being the one who took the money.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantta8m | tta8mt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattta8m | tta8mti | tta8m |
| nti (you, f.) | kattta8mi | tta8mti | tta8mi |
| howa (he) | kaytta8m | tta8m | |
| hiya (she) | kattta8m | tta8mat | |
| 7na (we) | kantta8mo | tta8mna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattta8mo | tta8mto | tta8mo |
| homa (they) | kaytta8mo | tta8mo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ttahem” but also “tta8em”, “tta8m”, “ttaham” and “tahem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.