7adeth حادث
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7adeth” (حادث) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning accident.
Meanings
- accident
- incident, serious event
Usage
7adeth means an accident, especially in the expression "7adeth mrour", road accident. It is heard in the news and in conversation: "sar 7adeth", there was an accident; "met fi 7adeth", he died in an accident. The register is neutral, slightly more formal than the French word accident (ksida), which is also very common in speech. The plural is 7awedeth. For a minor incident, mochkla or 7kéya is used instead.
Example
صار حادث مرور قدّام الدار.
sar 7adeth mrour 9odem eddar.
“There was a road accident in front of the house.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7adeth” but also “hadeth”, “7adet” and “7adith”. 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.