fad فاض
Algerian Darja · verb
“fad” (فاض) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to overflow (liquid, container).
Meanings
- to overflow (liquid, container)
- to go too far, overdo it
Usage
Fad first means "to overflow", said of water, a pot or an overfull container. You say lma fad or lgasra fadet, the latter in the feminine. In the figurative sense, it expresses excess: someone who goes beyond the limits, or an emotion that overflows. In this sense it has been noted in particular in the Sétif region. It is also found in phrases like fad 3liya, "I've had too much", to be understood according to context. The conjugation is regular in darja: fadet, yfid, y fidou.
Example
حضي الحليب راهو فاض
hadi lhlib rah fad
“Watch the milk, it has overflowed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fad” but also “fadh”, “faad” and “fâd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to overflow, spill over (liquid)”; “to be in flood (riverbed)”: fadh in Tunisian.