sob7 صبح

Tunisian Derja · noun

“sob7” (صبح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning dawn prayer.

Meanings

1. dawn prayer
2. dawn, daybreak
3. morning (read sbe7)

Usage

Pronounced sobh or sob7, the word mainly refers to the dawn prayer, the first of the five prayers: nsalli es-sobh (I perform the dawn prayer). By extension, it also means daybreak: m3a es-sobh (at dawn). The adhan of the sobh is the call that precedes sunrise. Note: the same spelling is often read sbe7, which is the common word for "the morning": sbe7 el khir (good morning), fi sbe7 (in the morning). It can also be read sba7, "he became", or "he woke up in such a state".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sob7” but also “sobe7”, “sobh”, “sbe7” and “sobo7”. 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 “sob7” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “dawn prayer (sobh)”; “dawn, early morning”: sbe7 in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written صباح, where it means “morning”; “dawn prayer”: sbah in Algerian.