7ed حدّ
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“7ed” (حدّ) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning someone (with chi).
Meanings
- someone (with chi)
- nobody (with negation)
- limit
Usage
7edd is used mostly with chi: chi 7edd means "someone". With a negation, 7tta 7edd means "nobody": ma jat 7tta 7edd ("nobody came"). As a noun, l7edd means "the limit" or "the border", for example fin wsel l7edd ("how far it goes"). The verb 7edd means "to limit" or "to set", as in 7edd lwe9t ("set the time"). Pitfall: on its own, 7edd does not mean "nobody". For the negative you need 7tta and ma… before the verb.
Example
شي حد جاي
chi 7edd jay
“Someone is coming.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan7edd | 7eddit | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat7edd | 7edditi | 7edd |
| nti (you, f.) | kat7eddi | 7edditi | 7eddi |
| howa (he) | kay7edd | 7edd | |
| hiya (she) | kat7edd | 7eddat | |
| 7na (we) | kan7eddo | 7eddina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat7eddo | 7eddito | 7eddo |
| homa (they) | kay7eddo | 7eddo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ed” but also “7edd”, “7d”, “7ad” and “hed”. 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 “7ed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “limit, boundary”; “anyone, no one (negative)”: 7ad in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “nobody (with negation)”; “someone”: 7ad in Tunisian.