dakh داخ

Algerian Darja · verb

“dakh” (داخ) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to faint, lose consciousness.

Meanings

1. to faint, lose consciousness
2. to feel dizzy, head spinning
3. to be dazed, stunned

Usage

Dakh covers feeling unwell in all its forms, from simple dizziness to complete loss of consciousness. You don't need to fall down to use it. The imperfect is ydukh. The participle dayekh means "dizzy": rani dayekh, "my head is spinning". It is also used jokingly for someone stunned by news, a smell or the heat. The related noun is dwakha, "dizziness, giddiness". The register is everyday and informal.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dakh” but also “dekh”, “daakh”, “da5” and “dakha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “dakh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to feel dizzy, have one's head spin”; “to be dazed, confused”: dakh in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to feel dizzy, to have a spinning head”; “to faint, to lose consciousness”: dekh in Tunisian.