ghech غش
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghech” (غش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cheating.
Meanings
- cheating
- fraud, deception (trade)
- to cheat (verb)
Usage
Ghech refers first to cheating, especially in exams: ghech f lemti7an, "to cheat on the exam." It also applies to commercial deception, for example adulterated goods or a dishonest seller. As a verb, it has a doubled consonant: ghechch, present kayghechch, "he cheats." It takes f for the area and a direct object for the person deceived: ghechchni, "he ripped me off." It is a neutral, everyday word, common at school and at the market.
Example
واش ماشي غش هادا?
wach machi ghech hada?
“Isn't this cheating?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghech” but also “ghch”, “ghechch”, “ghach” and “ghich”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghech” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cheating, fraud”; “deceit, dishonest trading”: ghech in Tunisian.