jre7 جرح

Moroccan Darija · verb

“jre7” (جرح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to wound, cut (the skin).

Meanings

1. to wound, cut (the skin)
2. to hurt emotionally

Usage

A common verb meaning "to wound, gash, cut" the skin. Imperfect: yjre7. With a body-part noun followed by a pronoun, it takes a reflexive sense: jre7 rasou, "he cut himself"; jre7 yeddo, "he cut his hand". The participle mjrou7 describes a person who is wounded, physically or emotionally. Figuratively, one says jre7ni b klamo, "he hurt me with his words". Written the same way but pronounced jer7 or jor7, the word is also the noun "wound, injury" (plural jrou7). Only context distinguishes the verb from the noun.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jre7” but also “jra7”, “jreh”, “jer7” and “jrah”. 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 “jre7” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wound, cut”; “emotional wound, pain”: jor7 in Tunisian.