gedd ڭدّ
Moroccan Darija · preposition
“gedd” (ڭدّ) is a preposition in Moroccan Darija meaning as big as, the size of.
Meanings
- as big as, the size of
- equal, the same (gedd gedd)
- to be able to, manage to
Usage
Gedd expresses measure or comparison: "the size of", "the same age as", "as much as". It is often used with a suffix pronoun: geddi (my size), geddek (your size). For example, wlidek wella geddek means "your son has become as big as you". The expression gedd gedd means "equal, the same". Gedd also works as a verb meaning "to be able to, to manage, to be up to it": ma gedditch 3lih (I can't manage it, I'm no match for him). Whether gedd is a preposition or a verb has to be worked out from the construction.
Example
هاد الولد ولّى ڭدّ باه
had lweld wella gedd bah
“This boy has become as big as his father.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | |
|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kangdd | gddit |
| nta (you, m.) | katgdd | gdditi |
| nti (you, f.) | katgddi | gdditi |
| howa (he) | kaygdd | gedd |
| hiya (she) | katgdd | geddat |
| 7na (we) | kangddo | gddina |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katgddo | gddito |
| homa (they) | kaygddo | gddo |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “gedd” but also “ged”, “gdd”, “guedd” and “gad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.