7req حرق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“7req” (حرق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to burn.
Meanings
- to burn
- to hurt emotionally
Usage
7req means "to burn" in the transitive sense: to burn papers, to burn someone's hand. For "to get burned" or "to be burned", use t7req, for example t7req lia lmakla, "my food got burned". The verb also has a figurative sense, to cause suffering: 7req lia qelbi, "he broke my heart". Do not confuse it with 7reg, pronounced with a g. That verb means "to emigrate illegally" and gave 7errag, "irregular migrant".
Example
الما السخون حرق ليا يدي
lma sskhoun 7req lia yddi
“The hot water burned my hand.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan7r9 | 7r9t | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat7r9 | 7r9ti | 7r9 |
| nti (you, f.) | kat7r9i | 7r9ti | 7r9i |
| howa (he) | kay7r9 | 7r9 | |
| hiya (she) | kat7r9 | 7r9at | |
| 7na (we) | kan7r9o | 7r9na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat7r9o | 7r9to | 7r9o |
| homa (they) | kay7r9o | 7r9o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7req” but also “7ra9”, “7re9”, “7r9” and “7raq”. 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; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “7req” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to burn, set on fire”; “to emigrate illegally by sea”: hra9 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to burn, set fire to”; “to emigrate illegally by sea”: 7ra9 in Tunisian.