zad زاد

Algerian Darja · verb

“zad” (زاد) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to add.

Meanings

1. to add
2. to increase
3. to be born

Usage

Zad, in the present yzid, means to add: « zid chwiya », "add a little". It also means to increase: « zadou les prix », prices have gone up. Before another verb, it marks intensification: « zad 3jebni », "I liked it even more". The sense "to be born" is very common in Algeria: « win zadt ? », "where were you born?". The pitfall is to see only the idea of adding. The imperative « zid ! » is also used to encourage: "keep going, go on!".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zad” but also “zid”, “yzid” and “zaad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “zad” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to increase, grow”; “to add”: zad in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to increase, grow”; “to add”: zed in Tunisian.