tye7 طيّح
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tye7” (طيّح) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to make fall, drop.
Meanings
- to make fall, drop
- to drop, lose along the way
- to make fail, flunk
Usage
Tyye7, with the doubled consonant, is the transitive form of ta7 (to fall): tyye7 l-kas, "to drop the glass". It is also used for an object lost along the way and, colloquially, for someone you cause to fail or fall, for example in an exam. Pitfall: sentences about rain (yti7 chta, "it's going to rain") use the simple, intransitive verb ta7 / yti7, not tyye7. You need to distinguish clearly between ti7 (to fall) and tyye7 (to make fall), which Latin-letter spelling often blurs together.
Example
طيّح التيليفون ديالو فالأرض
tyye7 ttilifoun dyalo fl2ard
“He dropped his phone on the floor.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanTyye7 | Tyye7t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katTyye7 | Tyye7ti | Tyye7 |
| nti (you, f.) | katTyy7i | Tyye7ti | Tyy7i |
| howa (he) | kayTyye7 | Tyye7 | |
| hiya (she) | katTyye7 | Tyy7at | |
| 7na (we) | kanTyy7o | Tyy7na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katTyy7o | Tyy7to | Tyy7o |
| homa (they) | kayTyy7o | Tyy7o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tye7” but also “tyye7”, “tiye7”, “teyye7”, “tayya7” and “tti7”. 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 “tye7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to drop, make fall”; “to drop someone off (by car)”: tayah in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “make fall, drop”; “lose, sink (money)”: tayya7 in Tunisian.