b3id بعيد
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“b3id” (بعيد) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning far, distant.
Meanings
- far, distant
- far away, aside
Usage
The basic adjective for distance. It agrees in gender and number: b3id (masculine), b3ida (feminine), b3ad (plural). To say "far from", use the preposition 3la, not men: b3id 3la ddar, "far from the house". To say "far from me", say b3id 3liya. The word is also used as an adverb after a verb of motion: mchit b3id, "I went far". Figuratively, it expresses improbability: hadchi b3id, "that's unlikely". The comparative is eb3ed, "farther".
Example
بعيد علا هنا
b3id 3la 8na
“It's far from here.”
Forms
| feminine | b3ida |
|---|---|
| plural | b3ad |
| feminine plural | b3idat |
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 “b3id” but also “b3iid”, “be3id”, “ba3id” and “be3ed”. 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 “b3id” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “far, distant (in space)”; “distant, long ago (in time)”: b3id in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “far, distant”; “from afar”: b3id in Tunisian.