3red عرض
Algerian Darja · verb
“3red” (عرض) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to invite (to a meal, a party).
Meanings
- to invite (to a meal, a party)
- to propose, offer
- to display, present
Usage
In darja, the verb 3red is used mostly for "to invite", especially to a meal, a wedding or a party. The construction uses 3la: 3red 3lina, "he invited us". The noun l3erda (invitation, summons) belongs to the same family. The senses "to present, display" and the noun 3ard (offer, show, presentation) belong more to the media register, close to standard Arabic. Pitfall: in writing, without vowels, the same spelling may also correspond to 3ord (honour), a distinct word.
Example
عرض علينا للعرس تاع بنتو
3red 3lina l l3ers ta3 bentou
“He invited us to his daughter's wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3red” but also “3rad”, “3ared”, “3ard” and “aard”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3red” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to invite someone”; “offer, presentation (noun)”: 3red in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to invite (to a party, meal)”; “to offer, to propose”: 3radh in Tunisian.