la2i7a لائحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“la2i7a” (لائحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning list.
Meanings
- list
- menu (restaurant)
- electoral list
Usage
La2i7a comes from Standard Arabic. It is well established in Moroccan Arabic for a written list: a list of guests, candidates, shopping, or documents to provide. It is heard a lot in electoral and administrative vocabulary ("la2i7a dyal lmorach7in"). It is most often constructed with "dyal": "la2i7a dyal lmakla". The register is neutral, a little formal. In informal speech, French "la liste" or "la carte" remains very common, especially in cities. The plural is lawa2i7.
Example
واخا واخا... دير نتا ڭاع لائحة ديال لمعروضين.
wakha wakha... dir nta ga3 lla2i7a dial lm3roDin.
“Okay, okay... so you do the whole guest list.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “la2i7a” but also “laa2i7a”, “la2iha”, “laiha” and “la2i7”. 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.