3a9d عقد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3a9d” (عقد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning contract.
Meanings
- contract
- marriage contract
- to tie, to knot (verb 3qed)
Usage
3a9d refers to a written contract: an employment, rental or commercial contract. In speech, many Moroccans also use the French word "contrat", especially in the working world. "L3a9d" is also used for the marriage contract. For example, "dar l3a9d", literally "he did the contract", means "he got officially married". The same root gives the verb 3qed / 3ged, "to tie", as in "3qed sbbat", to tie one's shoelaces. Do not confuse the noun and the verb: only context tells them apart.
Example
خسرنا عقد مهم ومافهمناش علاش
khasrna contrat mohima omaf8amnach 3lach
“We lost an important contract and we don't understand why.”
Forms
| plural | 3o9oud |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3a9d” but also “3aqd”, “3qd” and “3a9ed”. 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; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “3a9d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “contract, written agreement”; “marriage certificate”: 3a9d in Algerian.