ghech غش
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ghech” (غش) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning cheating, fraud.
Meanings
- cheating, fraud
- deceit, dishonest trading
Usage
Ghech means cheating, especially in exams: "ghech fel bac" is a recurring topic every year. The verb is "ghachch", present "yghechch" (to cheat, to deceive). It is also used for a merchant who cheats on the goods or the weight. The participle "mghachech" or the adjective "ghachech" describes a cheater. The register is everyday. A very common religious saying recalls: "elli ghachna mouch minna", whoever cheats us is not one of us.
Example
شدّوه يغشّ في الامتحان.
chadouh yghech fel imti7an.
“They caught him cheating in the exam.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghech” but also “ghoch”, “ghach” and “ghich”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghech” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cheating”; “fraud, deception (trade)”: ghech in Moroccan.