la7 لاح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“la7” (لاح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning throw, toss.
Meanings
- throw, toss
- throw away, get rid of
Usage
La7 is the common verb for "to throw" in Moroccan Arabic. It is used for tossing an object ("la7 lkora"), throwing something in the trash, or getting rid of it. To say who it is thrown to, add "l-": "lo7 liya ssarout" ("throw me the key"). The imperative is lo7, very frequent in daily life: "lo7 dak zbel" ("throw out that garbage"). The register is neutral and colloquial. Pitfall: the verb does not mean "to shine" or "to appear", which are its meanings in Standard Arabic.
Example
لاح الساروت من الشرجم.
la7 sarout men cherjem.
“He threw the key out the window.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanlo7 | l7t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katlo7 | l7ti | lou7 |
| nti (you, f.) | katlo7i | l7ti | lou7i |
| howa (he) | kaylo7 | la7 | |
| hiya (she) | katlo7 | la7t | |
| 7na (we) | kanlo7o | l7na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katlo7o | l7to | lou7o |
| homa (they) | kaylo7o | la7o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “la7” but also “lah”, “lo7”, “la7o” and “la7at”. 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 “la7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to throw, toss”; “to get rid of, discard”: lah in Algerian.