lhih لهيه

Moroccan Darija · adverb

“lhih” (لهيه) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning over there.

Meanings

1. over there
2. to over there

Usage

Lhih means "over there". It contrasts with hna and lhna (here). It is used both for a place where one is (kan3ich lhih, I live over there) and for a direction (sir lhih, go over there). The phrase men hna l lhih means "from here to there". The word is very common in everyday speech throughout the country. It is often accompanied by a gesture of the hand or chin. Depending on the region, one also hears lhih or lhiha. The final h is written 8 or h in arabizi.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lhih” but also “l8i8”, “lhi” and “lhiha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.

Type “lhih” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “over there”; “abroad, elsewhere (by allusion)”: lhih in Algerian.

How to say “over there” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian