derr ضرّ
Moroccan Darija · verb
“derr” (ضرّ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to hurt, cause pain.
Meanings
- to hurt, cause pain
- to harm, do wrong
Usage
Derr is conjugated derr in the past and kaydorr in the present. The most frequent use is for physical pain, with the body part as subject and the person as object pronoun: rasi kaydorrni, "I have a headache" (literally "my head hurts me"). It also means "to harm, to do wrong": had chi ghaydorrek, "this will harm you". The corresponding noun is dorr, "harm, wrong".
Example
راسي كيضرني من الصباح
Rasi kaydorrni mn sba7
“My head has been hurting since this morning.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanDerr | Derrit | |
| nta (you, m.) | katDerr | Derriti | Derr |
| nti (you, f.) | katDerri | Derriti | Derri |
| howa (he) | kayDerr | Derr | |
| hiya (she) | katDerr | Derrat | |
| 7na (we) | kanDerro | Derrina | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katDerro | Derrito | Derro |
| homa (they) | kayDerro | Derro |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “derr” but also “dorr”, “der” and “durr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “derr” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to harm, to hurt”; “to cause pain”: dhar in Tunisian.