7e99 حق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7e99” (حق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning right, what is due to someone.
Meanings
- right, what is due to someone
- being right
- truth, in oaths
Usage
7e99 means what is legitimately due to someone: hada 7e99ek (it's your right), khoud 7e99ek (take your share). The very common expression 3endek l7e99 means "you're right". It is also found in oaths: wa 7e99 llah or b7e99 llah (I swear by God). Ma 3endekch l7e99 tdir hakka means "you have no right to do that". The plural, 7o9o9, is used mainly for rights in the legal sense. Do not confuse it with the verb 7e99e9 (to achieve), which is sometimes written the same way online.
Example
هادا حقك، حتى واحد ما يقدر ياخدو منك
hada 7e99ek, 7tta wa7ed ma y9der yakhdo menk
“This is your right, nobody can take it from you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7e99” but also “7a9”, “7e9”, “haq”, “7aq” and “7e99e9”. 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 “7e99” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “right, what is owed”; “truth, what is right”: 7a9 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “right (being right), entitlement”; “price, cost”: 7a9 in Tunisian.