be3d بعد
Moroccan Darija · preposition
“be3d” (بعد) is a preposition in Moroccan Darija meaning after.
Meanings
- after
- later (men be3d)
- far (b3id), to move away (b33ed)
Usage
Be3d means "after": "be3d lftour" (after the meal), "be3d ma ja" (after he came). With men, "men be3d" means "then, later" or "after". The word is neutral and very frequent. From the same root come b3id (far) and the verb b33ed (to move away, to step aside), as in "b33ed men ṭri9i" (get out of my way). It is easily confused with bo3d, "distance, dimension", which is more formal.
Example
من بعد هادشي
men be3d 8adchi
“After that.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “be3d” but also “b3d”, “ba3d”, “bou3d” and “bo3d”. 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 “be3d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “after (time)”; “then, later”: ba3d in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “after (in time)”; “then, afterwards”: ba3d in Tunisian.