fre7 فرح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fre7” (فرح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to rejoice, be happy.
Meanings
- to rejoice, be happy
- to make someone happy
- joy
Usage
Fre7 is the usual verb for "to rejoice, be happy". It takes b- to indicate the object of the joy: fre7 b n-naja7, "he was glad about the success". The doubled-consonant form ferre7 means "to make happy": ferre7ni, "you made me happy". The noun fara7 is mainly literary. In everyday speech, fer7a is preferred for "joy". The participle fer7an means "happy". Be careful not to confuse the simple form and the doubled form, whose meanings differ.
Example
تاني عطيتو الواليد و فرح مسكين
tani 3titou lwalid ou fre7 meskin
“The second one, I gave to my father, and he was happy, poor man.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fre7” but also “fer7”, “fara7”, “farah” and “fr7”. 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 “fre7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “joy, happiness”; “celebration, festivity”: far7 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to rejoice, be happy”; “joy”: fra7 in Tunisian.