ysadda3 erras يصدع الراس
Algerian Darja · expression
“ysadda3 erras” (يصدع الراس) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning to give a headache.
Meanings
- to give a headache
- to annoy, pester
- to cause worries
Usage
A very common expression that literally means "to give a headache". It is used mostly figuratively to mean "to annoy" or "to cause trouble". You say sadda3tli rasi, "you've broken my head", to someone noisy or insistent. The usual construction puts the pronoun of the person affected on rras: ysadda3 rasi, "he wears me out". The noun sda3 erras refers to worries, problems. The adjective msadda3 describes someone whose head is splitting. The register is informal, not vulgar.
Example
صدعتلي راسي بالهدرة تاعك
sadda3tli rasi b lahdra ta3ek
“You've given me a headache with your talk.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “ysadda3 erras”. 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.