wa7id وحيد

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“wa7id” (وحيد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning alone, lonely.

Meanings

1. alone, lonely
2. only, sole

Usage

Wa7id means "alone", in the sense of lonely, and above all "only": wld wa7id, "only son"; bent wa7ida, "only daughter". To say "all alone" in a concrete action, bou7dou, bou7di, etc. are used more often: mcha bou7dou, "he left all by himself". Wa7id often carries an emotional nuance of loneliness or isolation. The feminine is wa7ida. It should not be confused with the numeral wa7d, "one", which is shorter in speech and also serves as an indefinite article: wa7d r-rajel, "a man".

Example

Forms

Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wa7id” but also “wahid”, “wa7yd”, “wa7iid” and “wahide”. 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 “wa7id” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “only, the sole one”; “only child”: wa7id in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “only, sole (the one of its kind)”; “alone, isolated”: wa7id in Tunisian.