fom فم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fom” (فم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning mouth.
Meanings
- mouth
- opening (of a bag, well)
Usage
Fomm means the mouth. It appears in many expressions: "khtafha men fommi", literally "he snatched it out of my mouth", means that someone said exactly what I wanted to say. "Sakker fommek" means "shut up". The main pitfall is in writing: without vowels, the same spelling very often stands for "famma", that is, "there is". Only context distinguishes the two. The possessive is formed on "fomm": fommi (my mouth), fommou (his mouth).
Example
ولاه خطفتها من فمّي يا هاجر هههه شفت اك ال حالة بربّي
wllah 5taftha min fommi ya hajer hhhhhhhh choft akil 7ala brabi
“I swear, you took it right out of my mouth, Hajer, hahaha, did you see that situation, seriously.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fom” but also “fomm”, “foum” and “foumm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fom” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “mouth”; “opening, mouth (of a container, hole)”: fomm in Moroccan.