settach ستاش
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“settach” (ستاش) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning sixteen.
Meanings
- sixteen
Usage
Settach is the number sixteen. It belongs to the series of numbers from eleven to nineteen, which end in -ach: hdach, tnach, tlettach, up to ts3tach. Before a noun, -r is usually added: settachr el-3am, "sixteen years". The noun that follows stays singular, which may surprise an English speaker. For age, say 3ndo settachr 3am. In online writing, the word is often spelled without the doubled consonant. The register is neutral.
Example
عندو ستاشر عام
3ndo settachr 3am
“He is sixteen years old.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “settach” but also “stach”, “sttach”, “setach” and “settache”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.