i7sas إحساس
Moroccan Darija · noun
“i7sas” (إحساس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning feeling, impression.
Meanings
- feeling, impression
- hunch
- sensitivity, emotion
Usage
I7sas means a sensation, a feeling or an intuition. It is common in spoken language. Two phrases are frequent: "3ndi i7sas" (I have the impression, the feeling) and "jani i7sas" (I got a hunch). They are often completed with an adjective: "i7sas khayb" (bad hunch), "i7sas zwin" (good impression). The word is also used to talk about a person's sensitivity: "ma 3ndouch l-i7sas" (he has no sensitivity). The plural is a7asis, reserved for romantic or deep feelings, in a more formal register.
Example
عندي إحساس خايب
3endi 2ihsas khayeb
“I have a bad feeling.”
Forms
| plural | a7asis |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “i7sas” but also “ihsas”, “2i7sas”, “i7ssas” and “e7sas”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop; 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “i7sas” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “feeling, sensation”; “sensitivity”: i7sas in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “feeling, sensation”; “sensitivity, empathy”: e7ses in Tunisian.