9adhiya قضية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9adhiya” (قضية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning affair, matter, issue.
Meanings
- affair, matter, issue
- court case, lawsuit
- cause (that one defends)
Usage
9adhiya means an affair, a matter or a topic under discussion: el 9adhiya hedhi, "this affair". In court, it is a case or lawsuit: 3andou 9adhiya, "he has a case pending", and hezz 9adhiya is said for "to file a complaint". The word also means a cause one defends, for example a political one. The plural is 9adhaya. In arabizi, the sound "q" is generally written 9 and the emphatic "dh" as dh or th. Do not confuse it with 9adhia, "the shopping", which is spelled similarly.
Example
مالا هوني لازم تفهم ال قضية ,
mele houni lezem téfhém el 9adhiya ,
“So here, you need to understand the affair.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9adhiya” but also “9adhya”, “9adhia”, “kadhiya”, “9dhaya” and “qadhiya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find قضية and قضيه, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.