nod نوض
Algerian Darja · verb
“nod” (نوض) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to get up, to wake up.
Meanings
- to get up, to wake up
- to start (doing something)
Usage
Nod is first of all the imperative "get up!". The verb is conjugated "nad" (he got up) and "ynod" (he gets up). "Ki nnod" means "when I get up": the first person of the imperfective is often also written "nod". The verb is used for waking up in the morning as well as for standing up. Followed by another verb, it marks the start of an action: "nod nebki" (I start crying). It is the ordinary word in Algeria. It is colloquial but not vulgar.
Example
نوض بركا من الرقاد راه الحال تأخر
nod barka mer-r9ad rah l7al t2akhar
“Get up, enough sleeping, it's late.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nod” but also “noud”, “nodh”, “nodd” and “noudh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.