khit خيط
Moroccan Darija · noun
“khit” (خيط) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning thread (for sewing).
Meanings
- thread (for sewing)
- string, cord
- to sew (khiyyet)
Usage
The noun khit means sewing thread, and more broadly string or cord. With the article, it is lkhit. The plural is khyout. With the consonant doubled, the same Arabic spelling also writes the verb khiyyet, "to sew" (kankhiyyet, "I sew"). The tailor is khiyyat. Only context distinguishes the noun from the verb in writing. There are also figurative uses, for example for rain falling "in threads" from the sky.
Example
عطيني الخيط والإبرة
3tini lkhit w lebra
“Give me the thread and the needle.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khit” but also “5it” and “khyt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khit” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “thread (for sewing)”; “string, cord”: khit in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “thread (sewing)”; “string, fishing line”: 5it in Tunisian.