f7es فحص
Moroccan Darija · verb
“f7es” (فحص) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to examine, to auscultate (doctor).
Meanings
- to examine, to auscultate (doctor)
- to check, to inspect
- examination, medical checkup
Usage
Fḥeṣ is used mainly in the medical field: the doctor fḥeṣ l-mriḍ, "the doctor examined the patient". It is also used for a technical inspection or a check: fḥeṣ ṭ-ṭomobil, "to have the car inspected". The corresponding noun, feḥṣ (plural fḥuṣat), refers to a medical examination or test. One says dar l-fḥuṣat, "he had his tests done". For a school exam, the word is not used: one says imtiḥan or the loanword "examen". In the present tense, one says kayfḥeṣ.
Example
الطبيب فحصني وقال ليا ما عندي والو.
tbib f7esni w qal lia ma 3ndi walo.
“The doctor examined me and told me there was nothing wrong with me.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanf7eS | f7eSt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katf7eS | f7eSti | f7eS |
| nti (you, f.) | katf7Si | f7eSti | f7Si |
| howa (he) | kayf7eS | f7eS | |
| hiya (she) | katf7eS | f7eSat | |
| 7na (we) | kanf7So | f7eSna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katf7So | f7eSto | f7So |
| homa (they) | kayf7So | f7eSo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “f7es” but also “fhes”, “fa7s”, “f7s” and “fhess”. 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 “f7es” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “medical examination, check-up”; “to examine, inspect”: fa7s in Tunisian.