lfer7a لفرحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lfer7a” (لفرحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning joy, happiness.
Meanings
- joy, happiness
- celebration, festivity
Usage
Lfer7a is the form of fer7a, "joy", with the definite article. It is used for intense, felt happiness, often tied to an event: a success, a birth or a wedding. Common phrases: ma bqatch lfer7a "there is no more joy", mat b lfer7a "he was wild with joy", 3amer b lfer7a "full of joy". The corresponding adjective is fer7an, "happy". It can be confused with l3ers ("the wedding"): lfer7a refers to the feeling or the festive atmosphere, not to the ceremony itself.
Example
عطاني شوحنا ديال لفرحة
3tani cho7na dial lfer7a
“He filled me with joy.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lfer7a” but also “lfar7a” and “lfra7a”. 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.