dammar دمر

Tunisian Derja · verb

“dammar” (دمر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to destroy, devastate.

Meanings

1. to destroy, devastate
2. to ruin someone, crush them morally

Usage

Dammar is used for large-scale material destruction: a war destroying a country, a storm ravaging crops. In everyday speech it is also said of someone ruined or morally crushed: dammartni means "you destroyed me". The verb conjugates normally, with the imperfect ydammar. It belongs to a more marked register than kassar (to break) or khrab (to damage), which are preferred for objects. It is often heard in political discussions and the news. The participle mdammar describes a person exhausted or broken.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dammar” but also “damar”, “demmer” and “dammer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “dammar” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to destroy, to devastate”; “to ruin, to wreck (one's life, health)”: dammar in Algerian.