ghmaydha غميضة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ghmaydha” (غميضة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning hide-and-seek game.
Meanings
- hide-and-seek game
Usage
Ghmaydha is the name of the hide-and-seek game. It comes from the verb ghammadh, "to close one's eyes," because the seeker counts with eyes closed. It is used mainly with the verb le3eb ("to play"): "nal3bou ghmaydha". The word often evokes childhood games in the street or neighborhood, in the evening, sometimes by moonlight. The register is informal. Jokingly, it can be used for someone who dodges things or is never to be found: "9a3ed yel3eb ghmaydha m3ana".
Example
الصغار يلعبو في الغميضة في الحومة
e sghar yel3bou fel ghmaydha fel 7ouma
“The kids are playing hide-and-seek in the neighborhood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghmaydha” but also “ghmidha”, “8mayda” and “ghmeydha”. 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.
Type “ghmaydha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “hide-and-seek (children's game)”: ghommida in Moroccan.