7fid حفيد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7fid” (حفيد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning grandson.
Meanings
- grandson
- grandchild
- descendant
Usage
7fid refers to the son of one's son or daughter. It is heard within the family, often with a possessive: 7fidi (my grandson), 7fidha (her grandson). The plural is 7fadi or 7fad and refers to grandchildren in general. In everyday conversation, many people also say weld weldi (my son's son) or weld benti (my daughter's son) to specify the line of descent. In a broader sense, the word can refer to a distant descendant, for example when speaking of the descendants of a saint or of a great family.
Example
جات جدتي مع حفيدها الصغير
jat jeddti m3a 7fidha sghir
“My grandmother came with her little grandson.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7fid” but also “hfid”, “7afid” and “7afiid”. 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.