t7at تحطط
Tunisian Derja · verb
“t7at” (تحطط) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to be put, to be placed.
Meanings
- to be put, to be placed
- to be set, installed somewhere
Usage
Passive form of the verb ḥaṭṭ "to put, to place". Used when you don't want or need to say who did the action: an object "was put" somewhere, someone "was placed" in a post or location. The typical construction is t7att followed by a locative preposition (fi "in", 3la "on", qodddem "in front of"). Present tense: yit7att, tit7att. Common, neutral register. Pitfall for an English speaker: the Arabic spelling may double the ṭ (تحطط), but in speech you hear a single long consonant, t7att.
Example
الكتاب تحطّ في بلاصتو.
el ktéb t7att fi blastou.
“The book was put back in its place.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t7at” but also “t7att”, “it7at”, “t7a6” and “te7at”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط); 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.