sari7 صريح
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“sari7” (صريح) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning frank, honest, truthful.
Meanings
- frank, honest, truthful
- clear, explicit
Usage
Sari7 mostly describes a person who speaks without beating around the bush. It is very often used in the phrase bach nkoun Sari7 ("to be frank"), which introduces an honest, sometimes uncomfortable opinion. The typical construction is kan / koun m3a X Sari7 ("to be frank with someone"). The feminine is Sari7a, the plural Sari7in. Applied to a statement or an answer, it means "clear, explicit". The register is everyday, slightly formal. The related noun is SaraHa ("frankness"). For an English speaker, the pitfall is pronunciation: the S is emphatic and the 7 is a guttural h.
Example
كان معايا صريح بزاف
kan m3aya sarih bezaf
“He was very frank with me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sari7” but also “sarih”, “sarii7” and “sare7”. 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 “sari7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “frank, sincere”; “clear, explicit”: sri7 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “frank, direct”; “explicit, clear”: sri7 in Tunisian.