7essas حسّاس
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“7essas” (حسّاس) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning sensitive, touchy.
Meanings
- sensitive, touchy
- delicate (topic, skin)
Usage
7essas first describes a sensitive or touchy person: "nta 7essas bzzaf" (you are too sensitive). It is also used of sensitive skin ("bachra 7essasa") or a delicate subject ("mawdou3 7essas"). The feminine is 7essasa and the plural 7essasin. It should not be confused with 7issa, which means a session or a class ("7issa dyal surf"), even though the two words look alike in writing. It does not mean "sensible" in the sense of "reasonable".
Example
نتا حسّاس بزّاف
nta 7essas bezzaf
“You are very sensitive.”
Forms
| feminine | 7ssasa |
|---|---|
| plural | 7ssasin |
| feminine plural | 7ssasat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7essas” but also “7ssas”, “7assas”, “hssas”, “7essass” and “7issass”. 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 “7essas” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sensitive, touchy”; “delicate (topic, situation)”: 7assas in Tunisian.