9adous قادوس

Algerian Darja · noun

“9adous” (قادوس) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning drainpipe, waste pipe.

Meanings

1. drainpipe, waste pipe
2. gutter, downspout

Usage

Qadous refers to the pipe, in metal or plastic, that carries away waste water or rainwater from a house or building. It is an everyday word, used especially when there is a leak or a blockage: "the qadous is blocked". It is masculine and its plural is qwades. Depending on context, it can also mean the downspout that comes down from the roof. Be sure to distinguish it from the tap or the garden hose. The word means only the drainage pipe.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9adous” but also “qadous”, “kadous” and “gadous”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “9adous” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pipe, drainpipe”; “plumbing pipe, sewer”: 9adous in Moroccan.