bida بيضة
Algerian Darja · noun
“bida” (بيضة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning egg.
Meanings
- egg
- white (feminine of "byed")
Usage
Bida means "egg", primarily a hen's egg. Its plural is "bid": "3jja b lbid" (omelette). Counting goes like this: "zoudj bidat" (two eggs). The same form also serves as the feminine of the adjective "byed" (white): "tomobil bayda" (a white car), "kahla w bayda" (black and white). The pronunciation varies a little between "bida" and "bayda". It is often this, together with the context, that indicates the intended meaning. In some expressions, the word figuratively means something pure or clear.
Example
كليت بيضة مسلوقة مع الخبز في الصباح.
klit bida masslou9a m3a lkhobz f sbah.
“I ate a hard-boiled egg with bread in the morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bida” but also “baida”, “bayda”, “beida” and “bidha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bida” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “an egg”; “white (feminine of byeD)”: bayda in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “egg”; “white (feminine adjective)”: bidha in Tunisian.