7fida حفيدة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7fida” (حفيدة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning granddaughter (family relation).
Meanings
- granddaughter (family relation)
- female descendant
Usage
7fida is the feminine of 7fid. The word means the daughter of one's son or daughter, and is mostly used with a possessive: 7fidti (my granddaughter), 7fidtek (your granddaughter). Note that 7fida is not used to mean a little girl; for that, say bnita or drriya sghira. In everyday speech, the line of descent is also often specified with bent benti (my daughter's daughter) or bent weldi (my son's daughter). The plural, common to both genders, is 7fadi.
Example
حفيدتي كاتقرا فالجامعة
7fidti katqra fljami3a
“My granddaughter studies at university.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7fida” but also “hfida” and “7afida”. 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.