hadik هاديك
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“hadik” (هاديك) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning that one, that (feminine, distant).
Meanings
- that one, that (feminine, distant)
- that's it, exactly
Usage
Hadik is the feminine demonstrative for distance, as opposed to hadi ("this one"). The masculine is hadak, the plural hadouk. It is used alone or before a noun with an article: hadik d-dar, "that house". The very frequent expression hiya hadik means "that's exactly it" or "that's how it is". It also serves as approval: jatk hiya hadik, "it suits you perfectly". With ghir, hadik can take a dismissive nuance: ghir hadra hadik, "it's just words".
Example
آه، هيا هاديك
ah, hiya hadik
“Ah, that's right.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadik” but also “8adik”, “hadick”, “hadiik”, “hadique” and “hadike”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find هاديك and هديك, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “hadik” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written هديك, where it means “that one, that ... (feminine)”; “that, that thing”: hadik in Algerian.