7errer حرّر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“7errer” (حرّر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to free, liberate.
Meanings
- to free, liberate
- to draw up (an official document)
Usage
7errer means "to free": you free a prisoner, a territory, or a person from a constraint. The verb belongs to a formal register, close to standard Arabic, and is heard mostly in the media, in politics and in administrative settings. It also has the sense of "to draw up" a report or a deed. The reflexive form t7errer means "to free oneself, to emancipate oneself". In everyday conversation, to "let go of" or "release" someone, people more often say tleq or sere7.
Example
حرّروا السجناء
7errrou ssojana
“They freed the prisoners.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan7arrar | 7arrart | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat7arrar | 7arrarti | 7arrar |
| nti (you, f.) | kat7arrari | 7arrarti | 7arrari |
| howa (he) | kay7arrar | 7arrar | |
| hiya (she) | kat7arrar | 7arrarat | |
| 7na (we) | kan7arraro | 7arrarna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat7arraro | 7arrarto | 7arraro |
| homa (they) | kay7arraro | 7arraro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7errer” but also “7arrar”, “7arrer” and “7rrer”. 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.