dda ادى

Algerian Darja · verb

“dda” (ادى) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to take, carry away.

Meanings

1. to take, carry away
2. to take someone along
3. to perform (a role, duty)

Usage

In darja, the verb "dda / yeddi" primarily means "to take, take with oneself" or "to take someone along": "eddi m3ak", "take it with you"; "ddah l sbitar", "he took him to the hospital". It is the opposite of "jab" (to bring, bring back). The sense "to perform, fulfil" (a role, prayer, a duty) comes from standard Arabic and is found in comments or careful speech, for example for an actor who played his role well. Pitfall: in speech, "dda" almost never has this second sense.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dda” but also “edda”, “eddi”, “yeddi” and “adda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “dda” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to take away, take with oneself”; “to take someone somewhere”: dda in Moroccan.