ta7 طاح
Algerian Darja · verb
“ta7” (طاح) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to fall, tumble.
Meanings
- to fall, tumble
- to drop (price, level)
- to fall (night, rain)
Usage
Basic verb: ṭaḥ in the past, yṭiḥ in the present. It is said of a person or object that falls: ṭaḥ men eddrouj (he fell down the stairs). It is also used figuratively: ṭaḥ essuma (the price dropped), ṭaḥ ellil (night has fallen), ṭaḥ ennu (it rained). With ʕla, it means "to land on, find by chance" or "to go after someone". The causative form ṭayyaḥ means "to make fall". The word belongs to the ordinary register and is not slangy.
Example
طاح من الدروج
tah men eddrouj
“He fell down the stairs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta7” but also “tah”, “taa7” and “ta7at”. 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 “ta7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to fall”; “to fall (night, rain)”: ta7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to fall, to drop”; “(night) to fall”: ta7 in Tunisian.