sed سد
Algerian Darja · verb
“sed” (سد) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to close (door, window, shop).
Meanings
- to close (door, window, shop)
- to block, to plug
- dam (noun: sedd)
Usage
Sedd is the usual verb for "to close": "sedd el bab" ("close the door"), "sedd el hanout" ("close the shop"). In the imperative, it is sedd for the masculine and seddi for the feminine. The verb also means to block or obstruct a passage, and is used figuratively: "sedd fommek" ("shut up"), a rude phrase. As a noun, sedd means a dam and appears in many place names ("sedd Beni Haroun"). The antonym is hall ("to open"). To say "to lock", add "bel mefta".
Example
سد الباب، راه البرد
sedd el bab, rah el berd
“Close the door, it's cold.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sed” but also “sedd”, “sad” and “ssed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to close (door, window, shop)”; “to block, plug up”: sed in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to close, shut again”; “to block, plug up”: sedd in Tunisian.