sahhah صحح
Algerian Darja · verb
“sahhah” (صحح) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to correct a mistake.
Meanings
- to correct a mistake
- to fix, set right
Usage
Sahhah is used to correct a mistake, a wrong piece of information or a student's paper: sahhah el ghalta, "correct the mistake". The verb is common in speech and writing, notably on social media when correcting someone: sahhah ma3loumtek, "correct your information". It belongs to a neutral register, close to Standard Arabic, but is fully integrated into darja. The object follows the verb directly, without a preposition. It should not be confused with sahha, which means "health" or "well done". The common imperative is sahhah, and the first-person past form is sahhaht.
Example
صحّح الغلطة قبل ما تبعث الميساج
sahhah el ghalta qbel ma teb3eth el message
“Correct the mistake before sending the message.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahhah” but also “sa7a7”, “sahah”, “sa77a7” and “sahhe7”. 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 “sahhah” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to correct (a paper, an error)”; “to fix, set right”: s77e7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to correct (error, paper)”; “to certify (signature, document)”: sa77a7 in Tunisian.