nyech نيش

Moroccan Darija · verb

“nyech” (نيش) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to aim, line up a shot.

Meanings

1. to aim, line up a shot
2. to go straight to the point

Usage

Nyyech means to aim, to point at something precisely: in shooting, when throwing a ball or a stone, in games of skill. It is related to nichan, very common in darija for "the target" and for "straight, directly". It is often used after another conjugated verb, without a particle: t3llem nnyyech, "to learn to aim". The target is introduced with 3la: nyyech 3la, "to aim at something". The register is informal. For an English speaker, the pitfall is to carry over "to aim for a goal" in the abstract sense: nyyech remains mostly concrete and physical.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nyech” but also “nyyech”, “nich”, “niyech” and “nyyach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “nyech” on the Arabic keyboard