7adtha حادثة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7adtha” (حادثة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning incident, notable event.
Meanings
- incident, notable event
- accident
Usage
7adtha means an incident or notable event, often a serious one or one that people talked about. It is frequently named after a place: "7adthet es-sifara", the embassy incident. The plural is 7awedeth. The word is also used for an accident, but for a road accident one more commonly says "accident" or kssida. It should not be confused with 7adetha (حداثة), "modernity", which looks similar when written in arabizi. 7adtha is found in the press as well as in conversation.
Example
سمعت بالحادثة اللي صارت البارح في الحومة؟
sma3t bel 7adtha elli sarit el bera7 fel 7ouma?
“Did you hear about the incident that happened yesterday in the neighbourhood?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7adtha” but also “7adetha”, “hadtha”, “7adthe” and “7adethe”. 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 “7adtha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “incident, notable event”; “accident”: hadtha in Algerian.