noum نوم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“noum” (نوم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sleep.
Meanings
- sleep
- act of sleeping
- sleepiness
Usage
Noum is the usual word for sleep and for the act of sleeping. The corresponding verb is rgued (to sleep), which is more frequent than forms derived from noum. A typical construction makes sleep the subject of the sentence: "ma jenich ennoum" means "I couldn't sleep", literally "sleep didn't come to me". You also say "3andi ennoum" or "fiya ennoum" for "I'm sleepy". "Noum 3mi9" means deep sleep. Don't look for a word-for-word equivalent of "I'm sleepy": it is the sleep that is "in" the person.
Example
البارح ما جانيش النوم بكلّ.
lbere7 ma jenich ennoum bkol.
“Last night I didn't sleep a wink.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “noum” but also “nom”, “nawm” and “noom”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.