7asasia حساسية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7asasia” (حساسية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning allergy.
Meanings
- allergy
- sensitivity, touchiness
Usage
7assasiya first means allergy in the medical sense. The most common construction is "3ndi 7assasiya" (I have an allergy). The cause is given with "mn" (from) or "dyal": "3ndi 7assasiya mn lghbra" (dust allergy), "7assasiya dyal chmch" (sun allergy). The word is also used figuratively for sensitivity or tension between people: "kayna 7assasiya binathom", there is a coolness between them. The form comes from Standard Arabic and is understood everywhere. It is often written with one or two s, and with or without a final y.
Example
واش عندك شي حساسية؟
wach 3ndek chi 7asasiyya?
“Do you have any allergy?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7asasia” but also “7assasia”, “hassasia”, “7asasiya” and “7assasiya”. 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.