wade7 واضح
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“wade7” (واضح) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning clear, understandable.
Meanings
- clear, understandable
- obvious, evident
Usage
Wade7 describes what can be understood or seen without difficulty: an explanation, handwriting, an image, a situation. It agrees: wad7a in the feminine, wad7in in the plural. It is often used alone as a reply, to mean "that's clear" or "obviously". The question wade7? is used to check that the other person has understood. Applied to a person, wade7 means "frank, direct", someone who hides nothing. The word is common in all registers. The d is emphatic, and is often written D in arabizi.
Example
كاندن كولشي واضح
kanden koulchi wade7
“I think everything is clear.”
Forms
| feminine | waaD7a |
|---|---|
| plural | waaD7in |
| feminine plural | waaD7at |
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 “wade7” but also “wad7”, “waade7”, “wadeh” and “waad7”. 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 “wade7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “clear, understandable”; “obvious, evident”: wadeh in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “clear, distinct”; “obvious, evident”: wadha7 in Tunisian.