s7i7 صحيح
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“s7i7” (صحيح) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning true, right, correct.
Meanings
- true, right, correct
- strong, sturdy, tough
- stubborn (ras s7i7)
Usage
S7i7 has two main families of meaning. The first is "true, right": klem s7i7 (right words), and s7i7? (is that true?). The second, very Tunisian, is "strong, solid, hard": rajel s7i7 (a sturdy man), and chedd s7i7 (to hold on firmly, to work hard). Ras s7i7, "hard head", means "stubborn". The feminine is s7i7a. Context tells "correct" from "sturdy": an object or a person that is s7i7 is solid, a statement that is s7i7a is true.
Example
يعطيه الصحّة , كلام معقول و صحيح
ya3tih essaha , klem ma3koul w shih
“Well done to him, those are sensible and correct words.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “s7i7” but also “sa7i7”, “shih”, “sahih”, “s7ii7” and “es7i7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find صحيح and اصحيح, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “s7i7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “true, accurate”; “right, correct”: s7i7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “true, correct”; “solid, sturdy, robust”: sa7i7 in Algerian.