7dded حدّد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“7dded” (حدّد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to set, determine.
Meanings
- to set, determine
- to specify, make clear
- to delimit
Usage
The verb 7dded means to set or determine something precisely: a date, a price, a place, a limit. One commonly says "7dded lmaw3id", "set the appointment". Constructed with li- ("7dded liya"), it means "to specify to someone" or "to make clear to them". The imperfective is y7dded, the verbal noun ta7did. The register is rather formal or administrative, but the verb remains common in speech. In casual situations, one can also use 9errer, "to decide", or 9al b dbt, "to say precisely".
Example
كون غير قدرت ن حدّد هاد لموعد
koun ghir 9dert n 7edded had lmaw3id
“If only I could fix this appointment.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan7edded | 7eddedt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat7edded | 7eddedti | 7edded |
| nti (you, f.) | kat7eddedi | 7eddedti | 7eddedi |
| howa (he) | kay7edded | 7edded | |
| hiya (she) | kat7edded | 7eddedat | |
| 7na (we) | kan7eddedo | 7eddedna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat7eddedo | 7eddedto | 7eddedo |
| homa (they) | kay7eddedo | 7eddedo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7dded” but also “7edded”, “7added”, “hdded” and “7ded”. 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 “7dded” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to specify, determine”; “to set (a price, a date)”: 7added in Tunisian.