sa7aba الصحابة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sa7aba” (الصحابة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning the Companions of the Prophet.
Meanings
- the Companions of the Prophet
Usage
Ssa7aba means the Companions of the Prophet. It is a religious term used in sermons, Islamic education classes and pious stories, often followed by the formula "radiya llahu 3anhum". It is a collective plural, and the singular is sa7abi. Do not confuse it with s7ab or s7abi, which simply mean friends or buddies. The register is formal or religious, but the word is known to everyone.
Example
الفقيه كيعاود لينا على الصحابة
lf9ih kay3awed lina 3la ssa7aba
“The fqih tells us stories about the Companions of the Prophet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sa7aba” but also “ssa7aba”, “sahaba”, “ssahaba” and “s7aba”. 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 “sa7aba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “the companions of the Prophet Mohammed”: sa7aba in Algerian.