7a9i9a حقيقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7a9i9a” (حقيقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning truth.
Meanings
- truth
- reality, fact
Usage
7a9i9a means the truth or the reality of the facts: gol liya l7a9i9a (tell me the truth). The very common expression f l7a9i9a means "in reality" or "to tell the truth" and is used to qualify or correct what came before. You also hear bl7a9i9a (truly, sincerely). The word is common to both colloquial and formal registers. In everyday speech, for "tell the truth", you also often hear gol sse77 or gol lmo39oul.
Example
قول ليا الحقيقة، شنو وقع؟
goul liya l7a9i9a, chno w9e3?
“Tell me the truth, what happened?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7a9i9a” but also “haqiqa”, “7a9i9” and “7aqiqa”. 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; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “7a9i9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “truth, reality”; “true, real (adjectival use)”: ha9i9a in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “truth”; “reality”: 7a9i9a in Tunisian.