7ok حك

Tunisian Derja · verb

“7ok” (حك) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to scrub, to scour.

Meanings

1. to scrub, to scour
2. to scratch

Usage

7akk means “to scrub” or “to scour”. It is used mainly for housework and laundry: scrubbing the floor with a brush, rubbing laundry by hand. 7ok is the singular imperative: “7ok mlih!” (scrub well!). The verb is also used for “scratching” an itch or a surface. Imperfect: ye7okk. The register is colloquial and everyday. Be careful not to confuse this verb with the noun 7okka (tin can, jerrycan), which is written similarly in arabizi.

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ok” but also “7okk”, “7ak”, “7akk” and “hak”. 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 “7ok” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to rub, scratch”; “to grate, crush by rubbing”: 7ek in Moroccan.