9adous قادوس
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9adous” (قادوس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pipe, drainpipe.
Meanings
- pipe, drainpipe
- plumbing pipe, sewer
Usage
9adous means a pipe, especially a drainage pipe: the downspout from a roof, a wastewater pipe or a sewer pipe. The plural 9wades is used for the plumbing of a building or a street. The word belongs to household and building vocabulary. It is common when talking about leaks or blocked pipes. For a flexible garden hose, people usually say tiyo. 9adous suggests a rigid, fixed pipe connected to the drainage of water.
Example
القادوس تسدّ، خاصنا البلومبي
l9adous tsedd, khassna lplombi
“The pipe is blocked, we need the plumber.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9adous” but also “qadous”, “9adouss”, “kadous” and “9adus”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9adous” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “drainpipe, waste pipe”; “gutter, downspout”: 9adous in Algerian.