nagez نقز
Algerian Darja · verb
“nagez” (نقز) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to jump, leap.
Meanings
- to jump, leap
- to jump for joy, hop around
- to skip (a passage, a step)
Usage
Nagez (imperfect ynagez) means "to jump, to leap". It is pronounced with a hard g, hence the spellings with "g" or "9". It is used in the physical sense ("nagez men l'7ayet", to jump off the wall) and very often for excitement: "9a3ed nnagez", I kept jumping for joy. "Nagez 3lih" can mean "to jump on him", literally or figuratively. By extension, it also means "to skip a passage": "nagez had l'partie". The corresponding noun is nagza (a jump). The word is colloquial and is used in all spoken registers.
Example
الطفل نقز من الفرحة كي شاف الكادو
tfel nagez mel fer7a ki chaf l'cadeau
“The child jumped for joy when he saw the gift.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nagez” but also “ngez”, “na9ez”, “naggez”, “n9ez” and “na99ez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “nagez” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to jump, leap”; “to skip, jump over (a part)”: n99ez in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to jump, to leap”; “to jump over, to clear”: n9ez in Tunisian.