salla7 صلح

Tunisian Derja · verb

“salla7” (صلح) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to repair, fix.

Meanings

1. to repair, fix
2. to reconcile, settle a dispute
3. to correct, improve

Usage

Salla7, imperfect ysalla7, is the usual verb for repairing an object, a car or a device: salla7li el karhba (fix the car for me). With "bin", it means to reconcile two people: salla7 binethom. It is also used for correcting, for example a mistake. It should not be confused with sla7 / yasla7, without the doubled consonant, which means "to suit, to be good for": hedhi elli tasla7lek (this is the one that suits you). The repairer is called msalla7, and the repair tasli7.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “salla7” but also “sala7”, “salle7” and “sallah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “salla7” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to be of use”; “to suit, be fitting”: sle7 in Moroccan.