ssads السادس
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“ssads” (السادس) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning sixth.
Meanings
- sixth
- sixth year (school)
Usage
Ssads is the ordinal for "six". It is placed after the noun, with the article, and its feminine is ssadsa. In the school context, "f ssads" refers to the sixth year of primary school in Morocco. It is also heard in the king's name: "Mohammed ssades". In everyday speech, it is often replaced by a cardinal number, for example "raqm stta". Do not confuse it with sods, which means "one sixth".
Example
كنتي ف السادس, تانتا?
knti f ssads, tanta?
“Were you in sixth grade too?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ssads” but also “ssades”, “sades”, “sads” and “ssadsa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.