sri3 سريع
Algerian Darja · adjective
“sri3” (سريع) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning fast, quick.
Meanings
- fast, quick
- quickly (adverbial use)
Usage
Sri3 describes a fast person, vehicle or action: "tonobil sri3a" (a fast car). It is also used as an adverb, alone or in "b sri3", meaning "quickly". To say "hurry up" or "quick!", darja often prefers "zreb" or "dégage-toi" in the imperative rather than sri3. The feminine is sri3a, the plural sri3in. The word is neutral and understood in all registers, from casual conversation to the media. Pitfall: do not confuse it with "sra3", which refers to epilepsy or a seizure.
Example
هاد الموتور سريع بزاف
had el motor sri3 bezzaf
“This motorbike is very fast.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sri3” but also “saree3”, “seri3” and “sri3a”. 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 “sri3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “fast, quick”; “prompt, lively”: sri3 in Moroccan.