fsed فسد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“fsed” (فسد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to spoil, go bad, rot.
Meanings
- to spoil, go bad, rot
- to go astray, lead a dissolute life
Usage
Fsed is used first of food that spoils: l-l7em fsed ("the meat has gone bad"). It is also used for something that gets damaged or a plan that fails. Applied to a person, it takes a moral sense: to go astray, to fall into debauchery. This sense is quite strong and can be hurtful depending on the context. The corresponding adjective is fased ("rotten, spoiled"); the transitive form fessed means "to spoil, damage", including "to spoil a child".
Example
اللحم فسد، ماتاكلوش
l7em fsed, matakloch
“The meat has gone bad, don't eat it.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanfsed | fsedt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katfsed | fsedti | fsed |
| nti (you, f.) | katfsdi | fsedti | fsdi |
| howa (he) | kayfsed | fsed | |
| hiya (she) | katfsed | fsdat | |
| 7na (we) | kanfsdo | fsdna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katfsdo | fsedto | fsdo |
| homa (they) | kayfsdo | fsdo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fsed” but also “fsad” and “fssed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fsed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go bad, spoil”; “to break down, get damaged”: fsed in Algerian.