chedded شدّد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“chedded” (شدّد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to be harsh, strict with someone.
Meanings
- to be harsh, strict with someone
- to tighten, intensify (controls, measures)
- to insist on, stress
Usage
Chedded is the intensive form of chedd. It is used mainly with the preposition 3la: chedded 3la wladu, "he is strict with his children". It is also used for controls or rules that are being tightened (chedded lmora9aba). The register is common but a bit more formal in administrative or media contexts, where the verb comes closer to Standard Arabic. The present tense is ychedded. Do not confuse this verb with chedd, which simply means "to hold" or "to close": chedded always implies strictness or a hardening of attitude.
Example
كون غير قدرت ن شدّد عليك
koun ghir 9dert n chedded 3lik
“If only I had been able to be strict with you.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanchdded | chddedt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katchdded | chddedti | chdded |
| nti (you, f.) | katchddedi | chddedti | chddedi |
| howa (he) | kaychdded | chdded | |
| hiya (she) | katchdded | chddedat | |
| 7na (we) | kanchddedo | chddedna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katchddedo | chddedto | chddedo |
| homa (they) | kaychddedo | chddedo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chedded” but also “chdded” and “shedded”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chedded” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to be strict with someone, to insist”; “to tighten, tighten further”: chedded in Tunisian.