tayah طيح

Algerian Darja · verb

“tayah” (طيح) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to drop, make fall.

Meanings

1. to drop, make fall
2. to drop someone off (by car)
3. to lower, bring down (level, price)

Usage

Tayyah is the causative form of tah (to fall). It first means to make an object fall, deliberately or not: "tayyaht t-téléphone" (I dropped the phone). It is also very common for "to drop someone off" in a car or taxi: "tayyahni hna" (drop me off here). Figuratively, it is used for a level, a reputation or a price that is brought down: "tayyah men l-mustawa ta3ou" (he lowered his standard). The register is colloquial and neutral. Do not confuse it with tah, which simply means "to fall".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tayah” but also “tayyah”, “tayeh”, “6aya7” and “tiyah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط); 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “tayah” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to make fall, drop”; “to drop, lose along the way”: tye7 in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “make fall, drop”; “lose, sink (money)”: tayya7 in Tunisian.