nja7 نجح
Algerian Darja · verb
“nja7” (نجح) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to succeed, be successful.
Meanings
- to succeed, be successful
- to pass an exam
Usage
Nja7 is the usual verb for "to succeed". It is used for a person who succeeds in life or in a project, and also for a thing that works: a business, a TV series, a dish. At school it is the standard word for "to pass": nja7 f l'bac. It conjugates regularly: nja7t (I succeeded), nenja7 (I succeed), nja7na (we succeeded). The opposite is sqat or ma nja7ch (to fail). People often say ya rabbi tenja7 (may you succeed) to encourage someone. The word is used in all registers.
Example
ولدي نجح في الباك هاد العام
weldi nja7 f l'bac had l3am
“My son passed his bac this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nja7” but also “nje7”, “nejah”, “nedjah” and “nadjah”. 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 “nja7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to succeed, to pass”; “to succeed in an undertaking”: nje7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to pass (exam, studies)”; “to succeed, work out (project)”: nje7 in Tunisian.