rsem رسم
Tunisian Derja · verb
“rsem” (رسم) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to draw.
Meanings
- to draw
- drawing, painting (noun rasm)
- fee, duty (rasm, pl. rsoum)
Usage
The verb rsem (imperfect yersem) means to draw: "rsem dar", "he drew a house." The same root gives the noun rasm, "the drawing," or the art of drawing and painting ("y7ebb er-rasm"). The draftsman or illustrator is called rassèm. In the administrative register, rasm (plural rsoum) means a fee or tax: "rsoum dioueniya", customs duties. Context is usually enough to tell these uses apart.
Example
بنتي ترسم مليح برشا
benti tersem mli7 barcha
“My daughter draws very well.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rsem” but also “rasm”, “rassem” and “rasem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rsem” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to draw, trace”; “to paint (a picture)”: rsem in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to draw”; “to paint, depict”: rsem in Algerian.