mahech مهاش

Tunisian Derja · pronoun

“mahech” (مهاش) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning she is not.

Meanings

1. she is not
2. it is not (feminine)

Usage

Negative form of the pronoun hiya (she), built with ma… ch: mahech means "she is not". It works as a negative copula in a nominal sentence, with no verb "to be": "mahech ommi" (she is not my mother), "mahech fi dar" (she is not at home). The word also applies to things of feminine grammatical gender. One also says mouhech, which is very close. The full series is: manich (I am not), mouch or mahouch (he is not), mahech (she is not), mouk or mekch (you are not).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mahech” but also “mahich”, “mahach”, “mehech” and “mahiech”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “mahech” on the Arabic keyboard