had هاد
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“had” (هاد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning this, these (demonstrative).
Meanings
- this, these (demonstrative)
Usage
Had is the proximal demonstrative placed before a noun. It is invariable: had rajel, "this man", had lmra, "this woman", had nnas, "these people". The noun that follows normally carries the article l-. The article often assimilates or disappears in writing: had tri9 for had ttri9. For a distant object, use dak, "that". Had chi means "this, that". In the phrase had sa3a, had means "now". Do not confuse had with hada, a stand-alone pronoun.
Example
شد هاد طريق
ched had tri9
“Take this road.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “had” but also “8ad”, “hd” and “hade”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “had” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “this (demonstrative)”: had in Algerian.