7ad حد
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“7ad” (حد) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning nobody (with negation).
Meanings
- nobody (with negation)
- someone
- limit (noun "7add")
Usage
"7ad" is the common indefinite pronoun. With a negation it means "nobody": "ma famma 7atta 7ad", "there is absolutely nobody". The construction "7atta 7ad" reinforces the negation. In an affirmative or interrogative sentence it means "someone" ("famma 7ad?", "is anyone there?"), and "kol 7ad" means "everyone". The homograph "7add", with a doubled consonant, is a noun meaning "limit" or "boundary", for example in "7add ma".
Example
ما ثمة حتى حد في الدار
ma famma 7atta 7ad fi ed-dar
“There is nobody at home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ad” but also “7add”, “had”, “hadd” and “77add”. 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 “7ad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “someone (with chi)”; “nobody (with negation)”: 7ed in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “limit, boundary”; “anyone, no one (negative)”: 7ad in Algerian.