fsed فسد

Algerian Darja · verb

“fsed” (فسد) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to go bad, spoil.

Meanings

1. to go bad, spoil
2. to break down, get damaged
3. to deteriorate, turn bad

Usage

Fsed, in the present "yefsed", first means "to go bad" said of food: "el-hlib fsed", "the milk has turned." By extension, it applies to a device that breaks down ("et-télévision fesdet") and to anything that deteriorates, such as a TV series that gets worse or a situation that worsens. For a person, it means "to go astray, go off the rails." The transitive sense "to damage, spoil something" belongs rather to the form "fessed". The word is common and neutral.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fsed” but also “fsad”, “fessed” and “fesed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “fsed” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to spoil, go bad, rot”; “to go astray, lead a dissolute life”: fsed in Moroccan.