7it حيط
Algerian Darja · noun
“7it” (حيط) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning wall.
Meanings
- wall
Usage
Hit is the usual word for "wall", whether it is the wall of a house, of a room or a fence. In everyday use it replaces the standard word jidar. It appears in several figurative expressions: yedreb rasso m3a l'hit, "to bang one's head against the wall", for frustration or regret; dkhel f'hit, "to run into the wall", for someone heading for failure. The most common plural is hyout. The initial h is a pharyngeal ha, often written 7 in arabizi.
Example
علق التصويرة في الحيط
3alleq tsswira f'l7it
“Hang the picture on the wall.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7it” but also “7ayt”, “hit”, “7iit” and “hayt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7it” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wall”: 7it in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wall”; “dead end (dkhal fi 7it)”: 7it in Tunisian.