7dit حديث
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7dit” (حديث) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning talk, chatter, conversation.
Meanings
- talk, chatter, conversation
- hadith, saying of the Prophet
Usage
The word 7dit means spoken exchange: talk, chat, chatter. It is known from the saying "7dit w mghzel," "chatting while spinning wool." This saying is used for a conversation that drags on, or for talking while working. In everyday conversation, hedra is more often used for "speech" or "what is said." With the article, l7adit very often refers to the hadith, a saying reported from the Prophet, in a religious context. Depending on the context, the pronunciation wavers between 7dit and 7adit.
Example
طوّلو فالحديث حتى للّيل
tewwlou f l7dit 7tta l lil
“They kept the conversation going until night.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7dit” but also “7adit”, “hdit” and “7adith”. 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 “7dit” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “hadith, saying reported from the Prophet”; “conversation, talk”: hadith in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “conversation, discussion”; “words, talk”: 7dith in Tunisian.