7assa حاسة
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“7assa” (حاسة) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning feeling, sensing (feminine).
Meanings
- feeling, sensing (feminine)
- sense (faculty of perception)
Usage
Hassa is first of all the feminine participle of hass (to feel, to sense): a woman says hassa rou7i… for "I feel…" or "I have the impression that…". The masculine is hass, the plural hassin. The typical construction is hassa rou7i followed by an adjective or a clause: hassa rou7i fadda (I'm bored), hassa rou7i 3ayecha fi 3alem ekher. As in Standard Arabic, the word also means a faculty of perception, notably in el-hassa es-sadsa (the sixth sense). Pitfall: the form changes with the gender of the speaker.
Example
حاسة روحي تعبانة اليوم
7assa rou7i ta3bena el youm
“I feel tired today.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7assa” but also “hassa”, “7asa”, “hasa” and “7essa”. 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.