7ot حط
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7ot” (حط) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to put, to place.
Meanings
- to put, to place
- to serve (a meal)
- to install, to appoint someone
Usage
7att is the basic verb for "to put" or "to place". Its main forms are 7att in the past, y7ott in the present and 7ott in the imperative. It is used in recipes (7ott el méklé 3al nar, "put the dish on the fire"), for serving at the table (7ott el ftour, "serve the lunch") and for placing someone in a post (7attouh mdir, "they appointed him director"). The passive tet7att means "to be put" or "to put oneself". Do not confuse it with 7out, "fish", which is written the same way in arabizi.
Example
تحط شويّة حشو
t7ot chweya 7achw
“You put in a little stuffing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ot” but also “hot”, “7att”, “7ott” and “hout”. 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 “7ot” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to put, set, place”; “to drop off someone or something”: 7et in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to put, place”; “to submit, drop off (a file)”: 7at in Algerian.