chdid شديد
Algerian Darja · adjective
“chdid” (شديد) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning strong, intense (pain, regret, cold...).
Meanings
- strong, intense (pain, regret, cold...)
- strict, severe (person)
- sturdy, solid
Usage
Chdid mainly describes the intensity of something: a regret, a pain, heat or fear. It goes after the noun and agrees with it: chdida in the feminine, chdad in the plural. Applied to a person, it most often means someone strict or demanding, for example a father or a teacher, rather than someone muscular. For physical strength, people more readily say qwi. The word also belongs to Standard Arabic and is used in all registers. Pitfall for an English speaker: chdid is not used as an adverb meaning "very".
Example
البرد شديد اليوم، لبس مليح
lberd chdid lyoum, lbes mlih
“The cold is intense today, dress warmly.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chdid” but also “chedid”, “shdid” and “chdiid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chdid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “intense, severe (cold, pain)”; “strong, powerful”: chdid in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “intense, severe, strong”; “strict, harsh (person)”: chdid in Tunisian.