7essa حصة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7essa” (حصة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning session, class period.
Meanings
- session, class period
- share, portion
Usage
Ḥessa refers to a session limited in time: a class period at school, a sports session or a treatment session. One also speaks of "nidham el-ḥessa el-wa7da", the single session, that is, the continuous working hours applied in the summer and during Ramadan in the civil service. In a more formal register, the word means "share" or "portion", as in ḥessa men el-flous, a share of the money. The plural is ḥesas. The word is common in both speech and writing.
Example
عندي حصة رياضة الصباح
3andi 7essa riadha sbe7
“I have a sports session in the morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7essa” but also “hessa”, “7assa” and “hassa”. 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 “7essa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “session, class”; “share, quota”: 7issa in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “show, programme (TV, radio)”; “session, class”: 7essa in Algerian.