7out حوت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7out” (حوت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning fish (food or animal).
Meanings
- fish (food or animal)
Usage
A common collective noun, used at the market and in cooking: "chrit l7out" (I bought fish), "tajine dyal l7out". To refer to a single fish, the unit noun "7outa" is used (a trout, a fish). The plural "7itan" is used to talk about several species or individuals. It should not be confused with similar-sounding verbs such as "5owwet" (to shout), which appears in some sentences of the corpus. The word is used with the article: "l7out". It is also heard in expressions about fishing, for example "siyyed l7out" (to fish).
Example
تشهيت بستيلة ديال حوت
tchehit bstilla dial 7ot
“I'm craving a fish pastilla.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7out” but also “hout”, “7ot” and “houte”. 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 “7out” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “fish (collective)”: hout in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “fish (animal, food)”: 7out in Tunisian.