rja3 رجع
Algerian Darja · verb
“rja3” (رجع) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to return, come back.
Meanings
- to return, come back
- to become
- to start doing again
Usage
Rja3 means first "to come back" or "to return home": rja3 lel dar (he went back home). The imperative is arja3 or erja3. It also very often means "to become", especially for a change of state: rja3 s3ib (it became difficult), rja3 kbir (he has grown up). Followed by another verb, it indicates that an action is started again: rja3 yekhdem (he started working again). To say "to give back" or "to bring something back", the form rajja3 is used: rajja3li drahmi (give me back my money). It is a common verb of neutral register.
Example
وقتاش ترجع من الخدمة؟
wa9tach terja3 mel khedma ?
“When do you get back from work?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rja3” but also “rdja3”, “redja3”, “rje3” and “erja3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “rja3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to come back, return home”; “to become”: rje3 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to return, come home”; “to become again, start again”: rja3 in Tunisian.