3awwed عوّض
Moroccan Darija · verb
“3awwed” (عوّض) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to compensate, make up for losses.
Meanings
- to compensate, make up for losses
- to replace someone or something
- to make up for (a delay, a loss)
Usage
3awwed means "to compensate" or "to replace". It is used for compensation (3awwedni, "he compensated me") or for replacement (3awwed blastou, "he replaced him"). The condolence or consolation formula Allah y3awwed 3lik means "may God compensate you for your loss". It is also said after something is lost or broken. The corresponding noun is t3wid, "compensation". Pitfall: do not confuse it with 3awed, without the doubled consonant, which means "to redo" or "to retell".
Example
الشركة عوّضاتو على داكشي اللي ضاع ليه
ccharika 3awwdatou 3la dakchi lli Da3 lih
“The company compensated him for what he lost.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kan3owweD | 3owweDt | |
| nta (you, m.) | kat3owweD | 3owweDti | 3owweD |
| nti (you, f.) | kat3owwDi | 3owweDti | 3owwDi |
| howa (he) | kay3owweD | 3owweD | |
| hiya (she) | kat3owweD | 3owwDat | |
| 7na (we) | kan3owwDo | 3owwDna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kat3owwDo | 3owwDto | 3owwDo |
| homa (they) | kay3owwDo | 3owwDo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3awwed” but also “3owwed”, “3awed”, “3wed” and “3awwd”. 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 “3awwed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to compensate, make up for”; “to replace”: 3awedh in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to replace something or someone”; “to compensate, make amends”: 3awedh in Tunisian.