7mel حمل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7mel” (حمل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to bear, endure, tolerate.
Meanings
- to bear, endure, tolerate
- to carry, take on
- to be in flood (river)
Usage
In Tunisian, 7mel is mostly used in the sense of "to bear" or "to tolerate". It is very often heard in the negative: ma n7emlouch, "I can't stand him", or ma ne7mel7ech, "I can't stand her". For physically "carrying" an object, hezz is preferred; 7mel keeps a nuance of burden or responsibility. Said of a wadi, el wed 7mel means the river is in flood, and el 7mal means the flood. The spelling alone does not tell you whether it is the noun 7aml, "pregnancy" or "load". Context decides.
Example
كان جيت راجل و ما تحملشي ال اهانة ,
ken jit rajil ou me té7mélchi el ihenè ,
“If you're a man, you don't put up with humiliation.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7mel” but also “hmel” and “7mal”. 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.