s5ouna سخونة
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“s5ouna” (سخونة) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning hot (feminine of s5oun).
Meanings
- hot (feminine of s5oun)
- feverish
Usage
S5ouna is the feminine of s5oun, "hot". It agrees with a feminine noun: "el-ma s5oun" but "el-9ahwa s5ouna". To say it is hot weather, people very commonly say "ed-dinya s5ouna", literally "the world is hot": this is the normal phrase for the weather or for a stuffy room. Applied to a person, the word means they have a fever. Do not confuse it with s5ana, the noun meaning heat or fever. The "kh" sound is often written 5 in arabizi.
Example
الدنيا سخونة اليوم، حل الشباك
ed-dinya s5ouna lyoum, 7ell ech-chobbek
“It's hot today, open the window.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “s5ouna” but also “skhouna”, “sakhouna”, “s5ona” and “skhona”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.